I think I'm done with this manga. Watching this arc with Mitsumi just punting this potential relationship away with Shima was frustrating and painful to watch. Now, I can't take Mitsumi seriously if all I can expect her to do is just run away.
I mean the awkwardness of both of them is what we expected and watching them grow from this starting point would have been endearing, but this? Mitsumi just quitting right off the bat after a slight bump in the road? How am I supposed to root for this character if she isn't willing to try to commit to anything and or quit at the first sign of trouble?
I'm annoyed because I was invested. like 6-8 volumes invested. This is where the story is supposed to have me hooked and it trips and dies a sad miserable and pathetic death. It would be like watching Frodo journey half way only for him to trip, fall and drown in a mop bucket at Rivendell. Siroh, with all due respect, you are just handwaving a lot of the issues Mitsumi created and dumping all of them squarely on Shima.