She's been conditioned to take the role of chairwoman since she was little and has probably never thought about a different avenue, especially since her dad left her alone with her grandfather. I think she genuinely wants to take over, perhaps mostly due to familial obligation but also some part of her enjoys it as well, so she's never though about a different avenue.
Sheesh. Where's this going? Co-Ed school? More boy's disrupting our still incredibly fragile sapphic relationships? Are we ever genuinely getting a jealous Mei arc? Because this is the perfect set up. Yuzu beginning to spend time with Arata out of guilt because she can't say anything about the acquisition since that would be betraying Mei. Of course, Yuzu being Yuzu will also be trying to help Arata think of a plan to save his school from ruin. Arata falling for Yuzu instead of Mei, triggering a robot Mei's jealousy. Just once, I'd like to see more empathy (more anything really) on Mei's part. It's always Yuzu being understanding and loving.
Yes Mei has grown a bit, is trying. But the set ups and drama always seems to highlight it's Yuzu making the effort and Mei barely reciprocating.
Honestly, I was loving Mei's turtle paced emotional growth but now it just feels like she and Yuzu are status quo. Yuzu communicated and Mei answered as many questions as she could, but then a new problem arises and we're back to square one. Hell, now we're at square -1.
I don't even understand why Mei would think there's a point to Yuzu getting to know Arata more if the point is buying their family's school? There's no way they'd keep the past owners on staff since they ran the school to the ground and had to be bought out to be saved. It's incredibly short sighted. Does she really think Yuzu won't get how she gets when she finds out her friend's at the risk of losing his family's business? Does she not know her girlfriend at all?
But like Mei, I've conditioned myself to sticking with this manga to the end. Thanks for the translation!
