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@MooPoint,
Assuming that's the case, then it's a spoiler for manga readers, and you can't assume later developments in the LN will play out the same way in the manga. Also, if a one-sided infatuation by a character for another is enough to make it so, then other manga like Grand Blue (among many, many others) could be shoujo ai, which they aren't. The same applies to an implied relationship between two side characters that has nothing to do with the main plot. Even 'romance' is questionable, as Arge has literally 0 interest in it (or anything really besides finding a patron that will let her sleep all day).
Shoujo Ai aside, there's no excuse for the 'ecchi' tag (which you also didn't dispute), but mangaupdates lists that one too. You can't quote another website as being authoritative for one tag, but not another. Not to mention that it's easier to get edit rights at mangaupdates than here, and the status of many of the series there haven't been updated in a very long time, so there's no reason to claim that they're somehow the sole authority for manga tags. Myanimelist is also somewhat authoritative and linked to on all the mangadex pages, and they don't include nearly as many questionable tags as mangaupdates.
Think of someone searching for new manga to read based on tags (which is the main reason tags exist). They want to read 'shoujo ai', search for it, and come across this manga. Then they read 16 chapters of a manga, and don't find what they're looking for. You'd be pretty pissed, right?
In short, I don't see a valid point to your claim that this manga series should be labeled as "shoujo ai," so I'd appreciate it if you turned it back.
Assuming that's the case, then it's a spoiler for manga readers, and you can't assume later developments in the LN will play out the same way in the manga. Also, if a one-sided infatuation by a character for another is enough to make it so, then other manga like Grand Blue (among many, many others) could be shoujo ai, which they aren't. The same applies to an implied relationship between two side characters that has nothing to do with the main plot. Even 'romance' is questionable, as Arge has literally 0 interest in it (or anything really besides finding a patron that will let her sleep all day).
Shoujo Ai aside, there's no excuse for the 'ecchi' tag (which you also didn't dispute), but mangaupdates lists that one too. You can't quote another website as being authoritative for one tag, but not another. Not to mention that it's easier to get edit rights at mangaupdates than here, and the status of many of the series there haven't been updated in a very long time, so there's no reason to claim that they're somehow the sole authority for manga tags. Myanimelist is also somewhat authoritative and linked to on all the mangadex pages, and they don't include nearly as many questionable tags as mangaupdates.
Think of someone searching for new manga to read based on tags (which is the main reason tags exist). They want to read 'shoujo ai', search for it, and come across this manga. Then they read 16 chapters of a manga, and don't find what they're looking for. You'd be pretty pissed, right?
In short, I don't see a valid point to your claim that this manga series should be labeled as "shoujo ai," so I'd appreciate it if you turned it back.