My first time posting here, but I love this site! 😊 Okay, I really like this series so far, and these past 20 or so chapters have been very entertaining. A few observations since it might be awhile until the next chapter arrives:
I think 100% that Fuyuki is not gay, or even bisexual; she has that almost-cliché attitude of "I like cute things, so I like cute girls too!", and she's just very affectionate to everyone in general.
I don't think that Fuyuki was a 'loner' type of girl; the loner was certainly Akino. Fuyuki's been labeled as quite popular, is almost never shown to be alone in school, and seems to have regular activities with several classmates. One does not have to be close friends with everyone they associate with to get out of that category.
This third girl, I'm just not feeling for her. Maybe it's just her appearance, but I can't help but think of Hotaru from the New Game series, and that just automatically friend-zones her for me, lol. I guess we needed a brainy girl to round out the mix, but I don't think Rena's on par with the other two.
Tsubasa is kind of irritating me lately. He had a rather dumb rationale for why he didn't want to explain to Fuyuki why he couldn't study with her, and didn't bother to check up on his friends to see how their testing went afterwards. I mean, his whole incentive for doing well on the exam was so that he could remain in Hokkaido with Fuyuki and Akino, but he completely ignored them anyways! I'm also getting rather tired of this trope that he's just so wholesome that he gets embarrassed about everything a girl does around him; he's been around Fuyuki and Akino almost constantly for half a year now and should be getting at least somewhat used to women. I think Tsubasa has great potential to stand out from the typical average-Joe MC who's oblivious and thick-headed all the time, but he needs to step up his game!