a new challenger appear
It seems like she might be related to the previous miss sunflower- i think miss sunflower could see some resemblance in the face- and the woman seemed to know who the current miss sunflower was too.
But I doubt she will be any kind of 'challenger' - Miss sunflower was never in love with the previous one- it seemed the manga went out of the way to draw some distinction in that. She DID admire, look up to, and love her in a none romantic sense- she was really important to her- (partly a mother replacement? - hers had left them remember) but in the flash back chapter after the previous miss sunflower has passed on - the current one said she wanted to BECOME miss sunflower- to be like her.
THEN to contrast the difference, in the next chapter, when the old lady says to Matsuri maybe she'd be the next miss sunflower- Matsuri says she dosnt want to BE miss sunflower- she wants to be WITH her. This, to me, clearly showed the two different types of love. It seemed, coming in the very next chapter, to be a deliberate thing.
So a woman related to or similar to the previous miss sunflower isnt gonna raise romantic feelings in the current one- in fact thats the last thing she'd feel.
But she may well move things forward- she could bring up a lot of emotions if she's her daughter or something.
On another note i enjoyed this chapter :) It was quite different since we had new locations. And i thought one bit was quite telling- when Matsuri says she wanted to read the books miss sunflower had read so she can get closer to her by seeing the same things as her- miss sunflower remembers sitting all alone reading- then agrees they can get closer by seeing the same things- but by just going and seeing things together with their own eyes - not through shared books.
I think thats quite a big change - brought on by Matsuri.
p.s It would be a lot easier to discuss if at least ONE of the miss sunflowers had a name lol!
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