Great, Hiromi is about to ruin another relationship. Why? Because he still can’t get over Lili. He spent most of this date thinking about her instead of focusing on Nonoka or the date itself. Jumping into a relationship right now feels like a slap in the face to all the development he’s had since coming to Wakayama. It’s like his conversation with Yakuri never even happened.
Yet here he is, getting ready to start something with Nonoka without being fully invested in her as a person. I just don’t see this relationship lasting. It’s not going to end well. Maybe if the writer intended for him to stay in Wakayama, it could have worked, but that’s clearly not the case since we know he’ll eventually go back to Tokyo. So why have him try to start a relationship now?
Between the previous chapter and this one, there are still a lot of unanswered questions. And while I’m not a fan of him reminiscing about Lili, I can understand it to some extent. She was the person he was just in a relationship with, and he saw her not too long ago, so it’s natural he’d still feel something. But using that as motivation to jump into a relationship with Nonoka makes no sense, especially after all the growth we’ve seen from him in the last few chapters.
But It is what it is. I just see this as a quick crash and burn because the MC is once again being set up to not learn from his mistakes. That’s just my opinion.