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Cs4_cover
joined Jul 13, 2015

Sweet date, not dramas, just take with both
since a weirdo and shy girl like Renako could do it

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joined Jan 3, 2026

Dammit please author let her have the harem

Midnightgunner
Gt00pn-odpc
joined Sep 30, 2017

Predictable garbage conclusion... Won't even bother reading past this chapter.

last edited at Aug 13, 2026 6:01PM

Soralaylaff
joined Oct 16, 2013

Not too surprising but Olivia is still best girl

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joined Apr 24, 2014

Not too surprising but Olivia is still best girl

Agreed

Miko%20scrunch
joined Jun 9, 2026

machino saying this is also her precious love... but after alluding to sofia having the love she values most? i kinda wonder where this will go (and hope that it's just, "i love everyone please be gay with me")

joined Jun 11, 2021

idk if she drops olivia completely after all this development i'll be annoyed. frankly i don't think authors should do big harem stories if they aren't okay with polyamory between at least two of them. we need more poly rep

joined Feb 25, 2025

idk if she drops olivia

friend, this chapter IS her dropping olivia

nah i get having hope, but that is not the formula, some harem ends ambiguosly but still “I am dating this girl, but these girls still love me, fight for my love and I let myself be spoiled by them”

contrary to popular belief, a good number of het harem novels end in polygamy, with the girls also developing feelings between them

last edited at Aug 13, 2026 7:32PM

joined Dec 30, 2025

Meh

Soralaylaff
joined Oct 16, 2013

machino saying this is also her precious love... but after alluding to sofia having the love she values most? i kinda wonder where this will go (and hope that it's just, "i love everyone please be gay with me")

I think it's just her realizing the love she has for Sofia is romantic love, while the love she has for Olivia is platonic love. Like she still "loves" all the girls from the game, but can now differentiate between the different kinds of love and acknowledges that even platonic love is still a "precious love".

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joined Oct 22, 2018

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joined May 15, 2025

Olivia is so beautiful

X2(edited)2
joined Jan 2, 2022

As an adult Olivia looks even better for saying she found other things that mattered to her besides Machino. Like, that's ideal in a partner! You don't want to be codependent at the expense of everything else.

If next chapter is the last there is no way this has a satisfying conclusion. What a disappointment.

X2(edited)2
joined Jan 2, 2022

I've read a lot of harem stories where different members are popular which usually means the author has done a good job of showing why their attractive, or a bad job at distinguishing them. Maybe the Sophia fans aren't commenting, but damn it feels overwhelmingly Olivia favored. That kinda makes it seem like the author hasn't done their job well.

joined Feb 25, 2025

I've read a lot of harem stories where different members are popular which usually means the author has done a good job of showing why their attractive, or a bad job at distinguishing them. Maybe the Sophia fans aren't commenting, but damn it feels overwhelmingly Olivia favored. That kinda makes it seem like the author hasn't done their job well.

something about harems using all the other girls to reaffirm the main girl is different in the heart of the protagonist, but never making the main girl a center of it lol very common.

joined Jun 11, 2021

I've read a lot of harem stories where different members are popular which usually means the author has done a good job of showing why their attractive, or a bad job at distinguishing them. Maybe the Sophia fans aren't commenting, but damn it feels overwhelmingly Olivia favored. That kinda makes it seem like the author hasn't done their job well.

olivia has seen much more impactful development than sofia, and possibly even screen time but i cant say that for sure.

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joined Sep 22, 2021

predictable with a boring ending... i had so much hope

Midnightgunner
Gt00pn-odpc
joined Sep 30, 2017

I've read a lot of harem stories where different members are popular which usually means the author has done a good job of showing why their attractive, or a bad job at distinguishing them. Maybe the Sophia fans aren't commenting, but damn it feels overwhelmingly Olivia favored. That kinda makes it seem like the author hasn't done their job well.

olivia has seen much more impactful development than sofia, and possibly even screen time but i cant say that for sure.

Nah. Same thing is happening at Mangadex. Everyone is hatting this outcome.

Soralaylaff
joined Oct 16, 2013

I've read a lot of harem stories where different members are popular which usually means the author has done a good job of showing why their attractive, or a bad job at distinguishing them. Maybe the Sophia fans aren't commenting, but damn it feels overwhelmingly Olivia favored. That kinda makes it seem like the author hasn't done their job well.

olivia has seen much more impactful development than sofia, and possibly even screen time but i cant say that for sure.

Tbh I'm not too mad at a Sofia end because she was super cute and sweet in the first few chapters. I enjoyed their dynamic and I enjoyed Sofia as a character. But when they started introducing the other characters, she started getting shafted and we as the readers kinda forgot what was great about Sofia since Olivia had the more engaging storyline. I do feel characters like Sofia are harder to write engaging storylines for compared to "villainous" characters like Olivia though.

X2(edited)2
joined Jan 2, 2022

I've read a lot of harem stories where different members are popular which usually means the author has done a good job of showing why their attractive, or a bad job at distinguishing them. Maybe the Sophia fans aren't commenting, but damn it feels overwhelmingly Olivia favored. That kinda makes it seem like the author hasn't done their job well.

olivia has seen much more impactful development than sofia, and possibly even screen time but i cant say that for sure.

Tbh I'm not too mad at a Sofia end because she was super cute and sweet in the first few chapters. I enjoyed their dynamic and I enjoyed Sofia as a character. But when they started introducing the other characters, she started getting shafted and we as the readers kinda forgot what was great about Sofia since Olivia had the more engaging storyline. I do feel characters like Sofia are harder to write engaging storylines for compared to "villainous" characters like Olivia though.

Well yeah characters that change and grow in a story are more dynamic and interesting than characters that stay the same. It's not that Sofia is nice compared to Olivia starting out misunderstood. There are plenty of nice characters that develop and change over the course of a story. Sofia just hasn't.

joined Oct 11, 2019

Snatching mid out of the jaws of peak

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joined Sep 10, 2022

I've read a lot of harem stories where different members are popular which usually means the author has done a good job of showing why their attractive, or a bad job at distinguishing them. Maybe the Sophia fans aren't commenting, but damn it feels overwhelmingly Olivia favored. That kinda makes it seem like the author hasn't done their job well.

olivia has seen much more impactful development than sofia, and possibly even screen time but i cant say that for sure.

Tbh I'm not too mad at a Sofia end because she was super cute and sweet in the first few chapters. I enjoyed their dynamic and I enjoyed Sofia as a character. But when they started introducing the other characters, she started getting shafted and we as the readers kinda forgot what was great about Sofia since Olivia had the more engaging storyline. I do feel characters like Sofia are harder to write engaging storylines for compared to "villainous" characters like Olivia though.

Well yeah characters that change and grow in a story are more dynamic and interesting than characters that stay the same. It's not that Sofia is nice compared to Olivia starting out misunderstood. There are plenty of nice characters that develop and change over the course of a story. Sofia just hasn't.

She's an industry plant. Doesn't feel like she "earned" her place as the "winner." Feels mechanical. If this was the intended ending, Olivia shouldn't have gotten the focus she was given. The balance wasn't right.

last edited at Aug 13, 2026 9:48PM

Untitled
joined Dec 16, 2014

eh

joined Jan 14, 2020

machino saying this is also her precious love... but after alluding to sofia having the love she values most? i kinda wonder where this will go (and hope that it's just, "i love everyone please be gay with me")

I think it's just her realizing the love she has for Sofia is romantic love, while the love she has for Olivia is platonic love. Like she still "loves" all the girls from the game, but can now differentiate between the different kinds of love and acknowledges that even platonic love is still a "precious love".

Platonic love makes your heart race?

As for this chapter, it was less Machino dropping Olivia, and more Olivia dropping herself. I'd say there's still room for a Renako-Vision.

joined Aug 11, 2022

Welp...This is a unfortunate situation and route...Still technically a harem manga/series...But sadly 'not likely' going to join the small 10% true harem ending types and going the route either of open-ending or one-single pairing ending route huh...Sad.

I will be really surprised if the harem ending is actually going to happen though...

But At least have a happy ending for MC and Sofia(1st girl win trope activated)...At least one single good came out of that I guess...?

RIP to the comment of those begging for the harem ending from the author...Their choice in the end but eh...Like other people said...Could have been done or written better if they really want a single pairing ending like how despite loving each other, one them is not okay with 'sharing/poly relationship' before ending things peacefully but still possessing some lingering deep affectionate before eventually changing to 'good friends(Very platonic type, not the they were roommate type)' relationship as time pass. Author's choice in the end but eh Shrug, it's the people choice to like or dislike it.

At least Olivia seem to be pretty confident and can stay strong/faith in herself despite the situation of dropping out of the race/harem ending.

RIP, series been fun when started and while it last till now. Now all we got to do is wait for the next few (2-5+???) chapters left for the final ending of this series....Though actually I don't know if this series is actually completed or not? But from this chapter alone it seem to be ending to it's conclusion soon I think from the feeling/vibe?

last edited at Aug 14, 2026 12:53AM

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