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Even the main character was blindsided by the ending. For most of the manga, it was built up that Rin was going to end up with her childhood friend and Daikichi (MC) was getting together with childhood friend's single mom, which might be a bit weird, but still completely okay IMO, but then...
It was revealed a bit later that Rin wasn't related to him at all. She was the abandoned daughter of his grandpa's female caregiver and his grandpa accepted people's assumptions about him having an affair with her to lessen the kid's societal burdens. It can be assumed she developed a father complex because the only parental figures who sincerely cared about her were MC and his grandpa. He didn't answer her confession in the final chapter but gave her 3 years to think everything over before asking again, if she still wanted to.
Lol you got me, but I admit my "vendetta" about the subject is because most of the manga I've consumed since I was a kid was romance (Morinaga Ai, Yuu Watase, Nakayoshi stuff, etc.) and I've seen this particular song and dance waaaaay too much. The "Yuri False Rival" is a cheap trope to introduce relationship drama with (apparently) zero consequences, and Japanese romance writers use it a lot.
Also yeah, I don't know how else to put it. I'm using "cool" to refer to a particular type of personality where the character seems like they're too perfect but is actually maintaining a dignified front when it comes to their real emotions. They can be tomboyish, kuudere, feminine, ojousama, governess type, or anything else, but when they're there you can see it.
Another recent example is Akira from "My Dress-Up Darling". The moment she's introduced and everybody was going "woah she's so tall", "a cool beauty", "so mysterious", and she was revealed as having non-stereotypically feminine interests (woah, she makes armor cosplay and weapon props!), also the fact that she says she "hates" Marin and can't be in the same room as her I instantly thought "she's actually attracted to her and nervous when she's around." Lo and behold, it's true.
I guess the simplest explanation is, a female character that doesn't completely fit the Japanese feminine stereotype is prone to be subjected to this trope. IDK what even to call them, "Cool Beauty"? "Queer-Coded"? As I recall Seiya Kou from Sailor Moon fits this trope too so it's pretty old.
Yeah honestly the reason I commented on here is because I was seeing this development happening from waaaaaay back and I've been hoping the author would at the very least make Natsumi confess to Futaba before she gets with Takeda-senpai so she could clear things up and get emotional closure to actually move on, but nope! Gotta lie by omission and bottle up those emotions so you can string along the people who are actually in love with you! Like a true Japanese romance character! It's all so tiresome.
And no sweat man, IDK what online forum culture about this stuff is either. I literally made this account just to comment on this because it's the most annoying (heh) part about this manga for me.
