talk about missing the point, you even answered your own question. Yes they were planning to get together anyway but it was important to them that they had a choice and that they made it themselves I wouldn't call pointless. Also before he did that she herself wasn't sure she even wanted it, him doing the annulling made her realize that she wanted to be with him so another reason it wasn't for nothing.To this day I'll never understand the bullshit behind their engagement. It happened, they liked each other, and he didn't want his family making decisions involving her without her input, proceeds to make a decision involving her without her input to annul the engagement, gets it annulled, confess to her, and they start dating ...with the intention of still getting married?! What was the point of going through that whole annulment crisis if we just going to effectively be right where we started, he literally could've just kept the prior engagement, confessed to her, and started dating and nothing would've been changed.
the twitter webcomic ver ai-chan already did the deed with onii-chan alreadyIt's kind of funny and refreshing that Ai-chan, the first girl of the manga, seems to be destined as the last one to have a happy romantic ending if any at all. At this point, the only time she's gonna end up with onii-san is if they get isekai'd (see webcomic version for more details.)
engagement meant that they will be married in the end no matter what. Thus breaking the engagement was important psychological milestone. From this point onward they are not obliged to be together at all. Which means that them getting married is being entirely out of only these two's volition. Which is the actual purpose of his manoeuvreTo this day I'll never understand the bullshit behind their engagement. It happened, they liked each other, and he didn't want his family making decisions involving her without her input, proceeds to make a decision involving her without her input to annul the engagement, gets it annulled, confess to her, and they start dating ...with the intention of still getting married?! What was the point of going through that whole annulment crisis if we just going to effectively be right where we started, he literally could've just kept the prior engagement, confessed to her, and started dating and nothing would've been changed.
It’s all just manga bullshit anyway.talk about missing the point, you even answered your own question. Yes they were planning to get together anyway but it was important to them that they had a choice and that they made it themselves I wouldn't call pointless. Also before he did that she herself wasn't sure she even wanted it, him doing the annulling made her realize that she wanted to be with him so another reason it wasn't for nothing.