The way I see it:
Tama really love him as a daughter wwould, but she really feel like she need to love him as a mother to really become the mother of the household instead of the weird in between she thinks se is stuck as. But as they discuted, the only who can cross the line is the fathet, and seeing how horrified the father looked like, I don't it will happen anytime soon, and maybe it will actually serve as a wake up call for him
Worse case scenario, nothing will change because I don't think the author want really bad thing to happen to their main character and them getting together would be one of the most fucked thing to happen in this manga, and in manga with thing like a secret alien invasion going on in the background, that really something (And I still think cat girl is the end game, the author like yuri too much to end tjis like that !). Best case scenario, he fucking grow a spine and change thing for the better.
I really don't want to argue for het but...
If we take Tama talking about her loving his useless artist persona as her honest desire. Then it actually would be consistent with what happened in the much earlier chapter. The one where she went to a shrine client to take care of the cursed box, and then came home seeing him cooking meals for his kids( before berating him for being a bad father and a worthless artist because he try to be both). Back then I thought she was trying to get him to quit being an artist and focus into becoming a good father instead.
But what if she was trying to get him to quit being a father, and really just focus on painting instead. Because that is the persona of him that she (romantically?) love?? Ah FUCKKKK... I can't unknow it now.... Because then it would also be consistent with the whole 'regardless whatever happened, I am still like a mother for those kids now'. The only difference then would be whether he will be anything more than a father for her
Fk me.
I agree with you though that the het unlikely will mount to anything. And I hope it's just a phase for her. Maybe the perfect Tama is just that slow when it comes to romance and it will grow out of her, and she will embrace yuri toward the end....
But that chapter 99 conversation, the way she try to convince herself and the cat girl that it was him who is trying to make a move on her, and content with the thought of it ... is worrisome. At least like you mention, the ball now on his court ... and for the love of the goat, take that ball and burn it with fire. Don't even think about returning it
PS: on another topic, sorry Nozomi but i'm on team centaur x centaur now. Ayaka, Hime's junior rival is just too awesome . Meanwhile Hime x Shino are just too cute....
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