I'll be real: I'm genuinely starting to get tired of the "omg hand holding?!? How LEWD!!" meme. Don't get me wrong, it was funny at first, and it still is sometimes, but it's been years now. Like, I started reading manga in mid-to-late highschool (possibly earlier). I graduated highschool in fucking 2012. As far as I can recall, the hand holding thing has been a joke that entire time.
I'm not about to try and dissuade anyone from making the joke, don't get me wrong. I just wanted to, for once, express how tired I am of the whole thing.