It has that tender quality a lot of shoujo have, without also being treacly slow - no full pages of panels of nothing but internal monologue - or extremely tentative interaction between the two leads.
Hmm... That's pretty deep. She's essentially saying he doesn't know himself. You could interpret it as Haruki not knowing or trying to grasp what he wants and desires, which is quite true.
Hmm... That's pretty deep. She's essentially saying he doesn't know himself. You could interpret it as Haruki not knowing or trying to grasp what he wants and desires, which is quite true.
Haha, no, you are absolutely correct and it was a white lie. I just forced an explanation as a joke. I reckon the shadow was used to depict she didn't like lying and maybe even because she was disappointed he simply accepted her apparently going on a date with someone else, right after he once again created her a hairstyle free of charge. Moreover, it would have been the final moment of hesitation and gathering the courage for actually asking him to accompany her.