It's a rare pair because most of the fandom ships MaHiKaren or MaHikari. To be fair Mahiru did eat Karen in Re: Live and Hikari and Mahiru have great chemistry. That's in addition to how all three's chemistry with each other is when they're together.
i kind of get that everyone thinks nemo would do something pervert with that.
But the moment i see that part of the chapter i was just thinking of nemo on her bed looking at tomoko and smiling like an innocent child due to so much happines.
It was always obvious how Yoshinari saw these two, but sadly the votes of the many outweigh the mind of one. At least when money is involved. Not everyone can be Hideo "A Hideo Kojima creation" Kojima.