Am I the only one slightly bothered by the developments?
Is great that Aoi is starting to fall for Nao but Nao's tactics seem to me equally backhandaded and manipulative as Chiihiro's. At some point it even seems that Nao is acting like this not out of affection for Aoi but just to stick it to Chihiro.
TL;DR is starting to feel like Chihiro and Nao are equally manipulative and two faced.
I can see why you feel that way, but the difference is that Chihiro is being slightly manipulative and Nao is just being the aggressor. She hasn't lied and hasn't hurt any one (intentionally). She has legitimate feelings for Aoi; she probably knew the development at home would happen, but she didn't know Aoi would chase her down when she left, and she gave Aoi the option of coming. The kiss is a part of the play, and unless Aoi has the capability to take Nao seriously in a romantic sense, she wouldn't think much more of it.
I will disagree completely with the statement that she is just trying to 'stick it to Chihiro'. Everything she has done has been completely out of care and love for Aoi.
It is a completely Jin thing to do to throw that kind of plot twist at us, but you gotta remember that Jin isn't Yui7. Jin does go for happy ends at the end of the angst if it feels appropriate, and we've had first person perspectives from Nao so we do have more insight to her character than to suggest her being manipulative.
Also I'd probably avoid reading too much into the title. Titles can usually be just a point of reference for the chapter and not actually carry much more weight than just that.
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