this made me realise a couple things.
[ul]izumi is trying her best to like naohiko. maybe because she felt bad? she didn't want to ruin her, nao, and eiji's friendship? obviously she should have just rejected nao from the start, but that's just easy to say and hard to execute. i admire her desire to make the relationship work and her honesty, but i am a little disappointed that she didn't reject him in the first place (as a reader)[/ul]
[ul]nao is neither too good for izumi and eiji nor undeserving of the two. he asked her out when eiji and izumi had feelings for each other, but he had the courage to ask her out. he knows this will be his demise, but he still cherishes the time he has with izumi as her boyfriend. eiji kissed izumi, his girlfriend, but he doesn't go batshit crazy on eiji. nao is very aware of how things are, so he is stuck in between acting as an antagonist and as a boyfriend[/ul]
[ul]eiji is the only real piece of shit in this series. nao asked izumi out more or less fair and square. izumi is at least trying to make herself like nao and be honest. taichi is just a puppy. library girl is trying to figure out her feelings. fujimura likes nao but hasn't manipulated izumi and nao, nor has she put her hands on nao. eiji kissed someone else's significant other, and that is honestly so underhanded.[/ul]
[ul]fujimura is very valid and you stupid virgin losers know it.[/ul]