I think people need to reread the series based on many of the negative comments. While I wanted sensei to win the most (my selfishness), Uruka did deserve to win because in the end when she confessed first she had his attention. I can't recall how many times many of us felt the childhood friend deserved to lose simply because she kept her mouth shut and allowed an outsider to move in to claim victory, with all these women acting cowardly (with the exception of sempai because she was such a flirt), and no one else stepping up beforehand on mister density, well the rest do deserve to lose. While Uruka was always bouncing between my #2/3 preference, when rereading the series I can see why she deserved the top 3 positions up until before the confession, after that she deserved to win (if ending with Nariyuki is considered a win).
For those blaming the author... well I blame how this entire market is on how they can milk the money out of the series when it should have wrapped sooner. Let's face it, if any of us were the author, we had a family to support, bills to pay, we would milk it out as long as the company and editor allowed it. The arcs was done well, it seems to me that it was rushed towards the end because someone higher up wanted to end it, maybe to prevent some sort of serialization bonus that the author would be due if it continued. The rushing it is what will leave the distaste of the series, for the most part we all wanted a better end resolution even for Uruka or the other girls, I bet even the author but I bet it wasn't his decision to make.
For those of us who watched the anime...it was always in plain sight who'd win. Re-watch the opening credits, notice the fingers which joined up to make a heart, clue one of them was Nariyuki.
@Spiryts "I'm ok if
BUT, I'm NOT ok with how it is presented to us 😕."
I was okay with any of the girls winning, I simply had a pecking order on my personal preference. But the wrap up of this series... 💩