I don’t think this two understand how love rivals work. You generally don’t make sure your rival in love, experiences the same things you do with your mutual crush. Also yeah, she might have gone too far in the end. The friend line might send mixed messages to Tadano that they only want to be friends. It’s only going to get harder for here on out. The war... has only just begun. All that said, this was still really nice. I love the series, but I haven’t seen much actual romance progression since the school festival arc. And because I really wanted the romance plot to continue already, everything else felt like it was dragging. I do wonder how many hundreds of chapters will pass before someone confesses.