@RubyObi and
@monkaS, personaly, this is not about making childhood girl win or whatever (and actually, in sport manga, they usually "win" to use that popular verb), my personal issue is about the author making her continuously in love with him without making clear to HER mind that this is not reciprocal.
I mean, if after all that time, he (the author) did not make clear to Yuki's mind (and again, we are not going to blame characters as they are not real persons), that is for opening a cheap drama (already foreshadowed by the end of chapter 372).
But anyway, that is speculation. And at the end of the day, Ryu will end up with Sakuraba. We y'all know that he will ditch Aiko once he will handle English 🤣🤣