I felt like I just read an old pre-2000's yuri manga. The ending was seriously disappointing. Not only did Aoi and Sahoko not get together, after the class reunion, She and Aoi went to a love hotel and had sex (which was great). However, Aoi wrote a letter to her and left it for her while she was still sleeping basically saying "there's no point chasing after your heart, etc..." and left her in bed. Sahoko woke up shortly after and read the letter and chased after her and caught up to her and said p. much that she agreed and that was the end. The epilogue showed Sahoko having done a bazillion job interviews and at that point having not gotten a job. Anna was still trying to get with her, but had been friendzoned earlier, and it ends with her looking at a picture she posted on twitter and she was reading all the likes/comments/etc and sees what she thinks is a comment from AOI-88, but then she realises it was AOL-88 and it ends with her saying well, at least I'm praying for your happiness, Aoi.
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I guess I was so focused on Fly's amazing art and how she's one of the yuri gods that I didn't remember that she wasn't the one writing the storyline. It was Takeoka Hazuki, who wrote Masamune-kun's Revenge. I should've realised before I read it, but I guess I'm an idiot....
I don't think Fly liked the ending, either, b/c her final comment was:
<obligatory thank you's, etc>. Imagine where Aoi and Sahoko might ultimately wind up!
(implying she thinks the story will turn around and end like it should have....