Reading any story entails a natural suspension of disbelief. This was the first time in my decades of reading manga, that said suspension was shattered within a handful of pages. An incredible unique, albeit discomforting, feeling that I wasn't sure was really possible until now.
I cannot help but feel that the manga was about to be axed and this was rimukoro's last ditch effort to introduce "excitement".
You can see it in the progress of the last four pages, they decide on dating in this unconventional way at the drop of a hat, breaking character thoroughly and instantly.
As others have pointed out, this is borderline torture. This isn't a happy love triangle, it's unrequited love meeting unrequited love. Even should Shijou turn bisexual overnight, there is nothing interesting left to tell with this story beat; nothing rooted in living and breathing characters anyway. Does only drama lie ahead?
I find it hard to figure out just how rimukoro wants to this to resolve and how this is meant to even progress; where the climax and the moral of the story is to lead.
I cannot help but feel that the manga was about to be axed and this was rimukoro's last ditch effort to introduce "excitement".
You can see it in the progress of the last four pages, they decide on dating in this unconventional way at the drop of a hat, breaking character thoroughly and instantly.
As others have pointed out, this is borderline torture. This isn't a happy love triangle, it's unrequited love meeting unrequited love. Even should Shijou turn bisexual overnight, there is nothing interesting left to tell with this story beat; nothing rooted in living and breathing characters anyway. Does only drama lie ahead?
I find it hard to figure out just how rimukoro wants to this to resolve and how this is meant to even progress; where the climax and the moral of the story is to lead.