It's not.The stench of yuri bait.
I generally hate shit like that too.If they hit us with a “3 years later” next chapter…
Thank you for putting this into words, this is exactly how I feel about the story at this point and you articulated it perfectly. The story is very much trying to have its (taboo) cake and eat it too. The teasing alternating between "this strangely wholesome relationship is good for both of their emotional development" and "this risky taboo relationship is dangerous and could destroy both of their lives" is giving me whiplash. The balancing act isn't quite working for me in the past few chapters. I like sudden tonal shifts in fiction and am willing to let authors cook but it's too much here!Okay so she got close to a student, that student's parents said "Hey uh this behavior is kinda weird", she went to teach at a different school, got close to a student again, then had the first student come to say "Don't run away from her" which feels like her saying she should keep forming that relationship and the potential for more, but they did just have other teachers show up to tell her her behavior is inappropriate but its okay now since the other student said to do it. It's like the manga keeps going "hehe this is taboo >" but without actual stakes to it
Heh, you are right. Now I think about it, I hadn't paid more attention to the whole taboo aspect as, at least from sensei point of view, she truly is just helping a student simply outside of classes. Which yeah, may not be as strictly professional as proper for a teacher, and look kind of sus from the outside, but sensei really hasn't done anything wrong.Okay so she got close to a student, that student's parents said "Hey uh this behavior is kinda weird", she went to teach at a different school, got close to a student again, then had the first student come to say "Don't run away from her" which feels like her saying she should keep forming that relationship and the potential for more, but they did just have other teachers show up to tell her her behavior is inappropriate but its okay now since the other student said to do it. It's like the manga keeps going "hehe this is taboo >: )" but without actual stakes to it