Pretending to be surprised
who has she messed around with since she started dating rin?
Gawking at Kurohime's very revealing panties, letting Ruruka lick her legs, Mukai in the infirmary, getting very handsy when taking the maid cafe photos, etc.
I don't think it was rushed. They clearly had "some" chemistry when Rin was introduced and after her second chapter. And after chapter 25, I think it's clear that Rin became an emotional anchor for Itsumi (which can be seen in the Arare chapter where it's mentioned that Itsumi didn't seem to care about being alone anymore).
seeing sexual things and finding them hot, her letting ruruka do something she'd promised she'd let her do and hitting her when she crossed a line with it, a girl coming onto her and her saying "stop this, i have a girlfriend", and her putting an arm around someone's neck and resting her hand on her shoulder are what counts as "messing around", now?
Chapter 38, Itsumi took Kurohime up on her offer to flip her skirt because she was interested in seeing what erotic lingerie Kurohime was wearing. Seeking a sexual thing out is not the same as merely seeing it.
Making the promise in the first place is the issue. She knows Ruruka will approach it in a prevy manner.
Itsumi was happily fondling Mukai's chest before she snapped her to senses. She justified her actions with "If someone gets their tits you you have to at least touch them a little bit, right? It's just polite!" She gave no more resistance after Mukai started to grind against her leg. The last panel of the chapter shows that she was getting into it.
There were more photos than the one with the random girl (and that photo wasn't an issue). She hugs Mukai while slipping her arm under her sling and jacket and sits on her lap going much further than one would normally do for maid photos. And she let's Yanagi hold her in an intimate way. It's even commented on how daring Itsumi is being. Compared to the other examples this is a minor offense and is more of an example of how little boundaries Itsumi has.
these are all massive stretches. you're blowing shit out of proportion for no clear reason even tho itsumi's behavior toward all these other girls has very clearly changed after she and rin actually started dating because she does care about staying faithful to her girlfriend who she loves.
Answer the question. How would Rin react/feel if she was there when all of this happened?
Dude, there's no exaggeration about that. She literally says a few chapters back that she lets Yanagi grope her because she's a hot chick despite being in a romantic relationship. She has held that same opinion ever since she met her. Todou has had several romantic and sexual encounters of varying intensity before and after becoming Rin's girlfriend, her most recent encounter being with Mukai, in which the author does not fully clarify how far the two of them actually went at that moment, and the fact that she allowed herself to be photographed sexually after losing a bet, And I'm not even mentioning that she let Ruru lick her thighs and probably something else. Even the circumstances surrounding her relationship with Rin herself weren't exactly normal. It happened in the same way as with the others. She was even one of those who took Todou's love potion.
Mocchi Au Lait said a while ago that she and Yanagi are going to have a lot of fun on the summer vacation trip, I'm looking forward to it.
The rest of the post was good but Rin has never drank the love potion.
I just checked because I honestly didn't remember very well, but you are correct on this specific point. Rin switched the drink with the potion and Todou herself drank it. Regardless of the potion issue, I didn't remember the molesting scene to Rin being so intense. My point still stands; the beginning of their relationship wasn't very different from the others.
Like, Mochi au Lait need to address Yayoi, right, so it's probably still got enough to keep going. It's been about as long since Itsumi got together with Rin as it was from the start of the story to when Itsumi got together with Rin, which seems like a pretty good pace. Likely there's at least the same period of time left before she actually gets together with Yayoi, so you can expect the story to be at most 2/3rds done.
