I like that Amane stayed true to her beliefs and feelings, despite that others generally don't share nor understand them. What crosses Himura's mind is similar yet different from Izumi's however, when they both received her offer. Sure, both thought "ay, this isn't what I wanted", but from Izumi's side, she already had someone she gave her heart too. Hiruma however, hm... She gave Amane's expression of love some thought, and clearly she respects her feelings, and values her happiness.
Nina also loves Amane, it's obvious, but unknowingly to Amane, Nina's agreement to her feelings/conditions is different; when she accepted her red ribbon, she had no 'rivals', so she didn't have to worry about it. Even if it was temporarily okay for her, on the long run though... She secretly rejects the principle behind Amane's feelings. It's easy to understand where Nina's coming from, but ouf, it's pretty sad for Amane. It's clear that at least from her side, she's been honest with Nina, and thought that she accepted her and her love.
This is why I appreciate Hiruma. Perhaps she didn't entirely accept Amane's love at first either, but at least she made the effort to understand that for Amane, it's what makes her happy. At least Hiruma went about her feelings in an honest way when she first answered them.
When Hiruma first refused, she was thinking of herself, her own feelings, what she wanted, which is fine of course, you have to be happy in your relationships after all. What I do admire however, if when she saw Amane again, and wondered about how she felt, and did it for her. Ofc, she didn't have to do it, she didn't have to accept and prioritise Amane's feelings (and it'd suck if Amane ended up with two girls being jealous and hating each other. Like Hiruma said, it'd make Amane sad) but she seemed genuine in accepting Amane for who she is, is conscious of Amane's love and what it entails and caring enough to want to make her happy.
I don't know if her own feelings about the reality of their relationship has changed, if she's fine with it now, or did she just wing it for the sake of Amane tho. But it'd be nice if she got Nina to accept her too maybe? Like, Nina and Hiruma don't have to feel the same way about each other, as they feel for Amane. Just accepting each other and their feelings for Amane, and Amane's sincere feelings for each of them is ideal, but Hiruma's gentle gesture of touching Nina's face surprised me, and made me wonder if perhaps Nina and Hiruma could develop a bond as well. She didn't react with outrage, confusion or anger, but just looked at this girl's anger and sadness and just felt sympathy for her and Amane. Hiruma's a kind girl, it's probably ideal that she is the one that accepted Amane, she might just help balance out the conflict. Given that chances are that Nina is Shin'ya, and that even when Nina confronted her, she mainly felt worry and sympathy, I feel like that it's likely that at the very least, Nina and Himura could get along, for the sake of Amane, or just for each other's sakes.
I've never seen polyamory as a real theme in a series before (except here and its sequel, but only one woman is polyamorous, her other partners aren't :/), I think it's super interesting that's actually actively questioned and it's so important, and not presented under the light of being "wrong". I'm eager to see where this goes, and I hope it turns out well tbh. I'm really happy with this arc actually, I'm glad Canno introduced Asakura, it's a really interesting theme. She looks a bit pushy when she first appeared, a bit antagonistic/an obstacle to the pair's plot, but she's a nice girl too, as we can see from this chapter. She's a kind and generous girl, this is simply how she loves, but sadly, it isn't commonly accepted. I had wondered what that sad smile in the Izumi/Chiharu chapter meant, but I suppose that seeing her with the same smile this chapter shows it isn't the first time that her love has been rejected, just for not being something that ppl reciprocated, or accepted at all. She mentioned that the love being acknowledged would have made her happy, even if they didn't return it. I'm sure that, as simple as that request seems, it was hard to accept and refused previously, even before Izumi. She seems like she has her mind made up, and perhaps have tried explaining it multiple times prior as well. It's a very simple thing, in a way, what would make her happiness, but she just can't reach it. Her smile seems smile, but brave. She isn't giving up her love, and I respect that.
" NONONONONO! WE WERE SO CLOSE! WE WERE ALMOST FREE! WHY MUST WE FOREVER CARRY OVERUSED CLICHES AROUND WITH US LIKE A SCROTUM FULL OF HORSESHOES? "
This love triangle is probably the least cliché'd thing I've seen a quite a while, I'm not sure what you're complaining about tbh. It's legit the only love triangle I've ever seen written this way
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