It's more that they've been burned by mangaka in the past. Plenty of series go in absurd directions and undermine their characters to sustain tired plots, especially when it seems the mangaka has no direction. Other authors would reintroduce an old "antagonist" in other series and retread the same drama despite its being repetitive and convoluted. So, I understand where the worry comes from but I don't think this author would do something like that. If they did it would really lower my opinion of them but I'm pretty confident they won't.damn people really hated pickup-pai that much huh lmao
youre in a manga where everyone gets a redemption arc later
im pretty sure pickup-pai will come around, he 100% know both of them like each other, and if learnt that yamada rejected him, he would just asked yamada and ichikawa why
I read a lot of different manga so I feel like I missed or forgot some of the story here. Wouldn't here friends being in the know help defuse situations, not the other way around? And the level of distrust directed at Kobayashi is strong. I was thinking what you were thinking for a while when she was asking if Ichikawa was interested in someone or not, but she doesn't strike me as the sort of character that even likes boys to begin with.I'm starting to get the sneaking suspicion that there's gonna be a future plot where Kobayashi starts liking Ichikawa after he supposedly was rejected by Yamada. She already thinks he's a good guy and cares enough about him to feel bad for him getting rejected, and she might feel like he's someone who's on her level. And then there'll be drama when she finds out they were dating the whole time without her knowledge. I mean, I know Kobayashi is dense, but it's getting to the point where I feel like the author might be keeping her in the dark for so long for a specific purpose.
Not quite sure what you're implying, but I'm not sure how her friends are going to be able to influence Kobayashi liking Ichikawa or not, if that's what you're saying. Kobayashi's a late bloomer for sure, but I don't think she's entirely uninterested. There was that very early chapter where she was kinda charmed by pick-up senpai (while he was trying to use her to get close to Yamada), don't think that would've worked if she was completely asexual. And even if she hasn't been very interested in romance up until now, she also doesn't seem to have had very many close male friends as of yet, and there's gotta be a first time for everything.I read a lot of different manga so I feel like I missed or forgot some of the story here. Wouldn't here friends being in the know help defuse situations, not the other way around? And the level of distrust directed at Kobayashi is strong. I was thinking what you were thinking for a while when she was asking if Ichikawa was interested in someone or not, but she doesn't strike me as the sort of character that even likes boys to begin with.
Should've separated my paragraphs. I was posting two separate thoughts.Not quite sure what you're implying, but I'm not sure how her friends are going to be able to influence Kobayashi liking Ichikawa or not, if that's what you're saying. Kobayashi's a late bloomer for sure, but I don't think she's entirely uninterested. There was that very early chapter where she was kinda charmed by pick-up senpai (while he was trying to use her to get close to Yamada), don't think that would've worked if she was completely asexual. And even if she hasn't been very interested in romance up until now, she also doesn't seem to have had very many close male friends as of yet, and there's gotta be a first time for everything.