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Well that explains the quality drop.The author decided to redo chapters 31-35 so that the threesome actually happens. With this my interest in the manga reached zero.
From the prospective of the editor, I can kind of get where they're coming from as the original chapters were more character focused and somber to watch, with Ch. 35 ending with the teacher verging on raping the girl... but honestly that's the point, as dark as it was, it does give opportunity for the MC to shine beyond saying "I love you", that could easily give progress on the inner-conflict that Agawa has between settling down with a boy but not wanting to be hurt.
...while the rewritten chapters completely obliterate that development, as the MC proves himself to be hypocritical and no better than the other boys that are shagging her. The girl went back to fucking with her pseudo-BF, and we're introduced to this childhood tomboy gf that undermines the original relationship that the MC has as they both went on their merry way to do their own things.
Like, I get it, Akito's a cutie, and the President's a beaut. It would be a shame to just drop the either of them out of their potential, as much as it could've been a separate story like We Never Learn where each of the girls get their own ending, it wouldn't feel the same. And to be honest, I had the same feeling when I was reading Nagatoro when similar characters were put on the sideline in favor of the main ship, but it made sense there.
Senpai wouldn't just suddenly be chasing after Gamo-chan and President after he dedicated about an entire year and the whole series dedicating himself to Nagatoro, whom he likes. The story had a lot of build-up with a lot of reasons why he liked her, and it would be really out of character if he did start going skirt-chasing and ran off with other girls (as much as he could), which is exactly what happened here.
Honestly, the whole thing feels like a "What If" spiral out of control, there's no actual plot progression here a la Rent-a-Girlfriend as if the progress that we had made so far were reverted in favor of making the series a harem comedy.
There was so many points in the story that could've just gone back to the plot between Agawa and MC but just didn't, I read the series so there would be more detail of how he and her can get together than the original doujinshi version, not for there to be no plot to speak of.