Pretty interesting development. A lesbian friend might just be a huge ally to our young man, allowing him to have a woman's perspective in his life without the need to feel self-conscious about romance budding between them.
I'm really down to having the last arc of this manga be about sexual orientation instead of something more nefarious. It can be just as emotional and traumatic as the arcs before it, but at least there's a higher chance it won't leave you with so many negative, conflicted feelings by the end (not that that's bad in a story, but I do appreciate the subject matter in itself not being negative)
Super curious as to what the end goal of the story will be.