I suspected that this is the direction the new Hime/Yano arc would go. Now that Hime has accepted Yano’s feelings, and is choosing to work at Liebe of her own free will, I thought it would be about time to address that elephant in the room.
For the longest time, I wanted to get inside Hime’s head on this “dream“ of hers. I don’t think she‘s ever really thought it through, and this chapter proved it. She hasn’t even figured out the first step of where she’ll supposedly find these marriage candidates, much less how she‘ll build an actual relationship with them with such a shallow facade.
I‘d also like to ask her if there are other qualifiers for her marriage candidates besides just being rich. What about age, gender, or personality? What about getting physical? What if her future spouse wants or has kids? What is Hime willing to accept, and what will she offer/sacrifice?
As for Yano, it seems like this is an opportunity to explain her family and financial situation. Especially because I know we were all thinking when we saw her house in the flashback, “why not marry this girl?! She comes from money and she’s already into you! Win-win!”
Speaking of which, Hime mentioned something interesting. She came up with her dream of marrying into money in middle school after her fallout with Yano. Makes me wonder if there is a deeper connection there.