Like the fetish like the concept, dislike the execution. Stopped reading it at chapter 31 years ago. Thought long and hard to resume it but decided not to, since it was rated 3/5 in my personal library(read the ending only). I like romance but don't hold much respect for edging/denial fetish.
Same as i don't think "endurance" or "waiting" makes your love stronger or better in reality it makes it more possible to destroy it. <-- These things are just STRESS TESTS to choose a correct mate, the problem of stress tests, they can break things and they leave damage. If you think your man/woman will love you more after many rejections(or other forms of tests), you are wrong it's like a shock therapy when you are denied by a person you love it's something akin to getting electrocuted or stabbed, when you stop feeling it you can say there are no feelings left anymore.
My personal take would be, show us NORMAL romance build up, maybe slower that usual due to "taboo" topic but show us a bit of pre-dating atmospheres (It was pre dating manga, i know they were "dating" but let's be real, they were not), dating atmosphere and then married life. Pre-dating mangas seem to be the most popular for some reason, where author use tactics to prolong the series like: 3rd wheels, sudden guests, open rejection, subtle rejection, shyness and etc.
Maybe it's the old man in me talking but it pains me to see oversaturation in immature romance content all over the place especially in japanese media space (chinese and koreans are doing much better in that sense).
It's a nice manga but due over "eating" i just feel sick of it. I want some normal relationship that doesn't stretch over 50-100 or more chapter in pre-dating troupe only to end with un-interesting bs. What's worse authors sometimes even bring plastic drama to the freaking pre-dating phase.
P.S. I suspect we see this oversaturation in pre-dating, simply because authors themselves didn't date and their only material is fantasy and other horde of mangakas that did the copy-paste move. So writing about actual dating/marriage is hard for them since they are afraid to be seen as fools. One example i remember, dating pair decided to go on a date, instead of normal routine to go together they decided to go separately and meet at the place <-- There aren't many material about the actual process of lovers going out together somewhere but tons of material and scenes when people meet a specified time in some place