What bothers me even on top of that is just how unnecessary it was. It's not like Amanchu is a romance series: the author could have gone through the whole thing without ever needing to clarify whether the heavy yuri vibes between Hikari and Futaba ever went anywhere. Sure, I would have loved to see them actually become a couple, but the pure slice of life nature of the series meant that that wasn't by any means NECESSARY for the plot.
Because of that, the whole plot line with the boy feels like the author heard some of her readers shipping the two girls, and decided to slam the door shut on that idea as hard as she could.
@juanelric: I'll say that ARIA is still a beautiful series that doesn't pull this kind of thing, and it would be a shame if you never see it, but I'd also understand if you'd just rather not have anything to do with this author's work any more.
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