God, I really hope a poly happens between Sayo, Rinna and Mei. I mean come on, we had a chapter where Mei meets her teachers, then proceeds to ask them about being in a relationship with more than 1 person, then on top of that Rinna seems to be falling for Sayo while still having feelings for Mei.
Hasn't the whole Rinna x Sayo thing been dropped? Like the author teased it but since then has gone more of the love triangle/harem approach?
It might be dropped, but not necessarily. If I were to write this I would plant the idea of Rinna x Sayo early on (like in the tease) and then spend time exploring both Rinna and Sayo as characters as well as their feelings for Mei and only then showing them falling for each other.
I can't confirm it's gonna go that way, but it is how I would do it and this definitely could go that way. I certainly am hopeful
But that's the thing the story is taking the time to talk about their feelings of Mei, not their feelings for each other. Take everything we've seen with Rinna and how genuine she seems about loving Mei. Wouldn't it feel ooc of her to suddenly say "I think I love Sayo too now"? Yeah if done well it could work but then you run into an issue with Mei. Mei isn't in love with anyone and believes she can't love someone, though she wants to. Imagine if her two friends ended up loving each other. Wouldn't she instead spend her time getting them together rather than wanting all 3 of them together? I feel like them falling in love with each other would hurt the story of Mei finding her true love. To me I don't get why people want a poly relationship considering right now Mei doesn't want to date anyone and when she does I feel like that person has to be special. For example would Bloom Into You have the same impact if it had a poly ending?
I certainly see no reason to include that moment between the two if this is not going to be developed further, at least not the way it was done including an actual arrow.
There's multiple takes on why it was done. 1 is your take. Another can be comedy. Then there's the possibility that they will end up together without Mei. Who really knows right now. For me if it would feel a bit odd storytelling wise to come back to that moment chapters later after having them say they only have Mei in their heart. It would also be odd since Rinna is so sure about her feelings for Mei and upfront about them that her not saying anything to Sayo by now feels ooc. And to me the last odd part in them going back to that scene later would be the fact that the author spends so much time trying to make it painfully clear they love Mei. I think the other person was calling it cheap because looking at how the story is going randomly having two characters that have been built up as loving one person and just one person saying they now have each other just so everyone is happy does feel cheap. For me it wouldn't be that different than someone forming a harem just so everyone is happy.
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