I've been re-reading the manga and it's surprising how many times Toudou brings up Yomotsuka. It's in almost all chapters. When she's touching her kouhai she thinks about how Yomotsuka's touch was on another level, she threatens Shirashiro with telling Yomotsuka about her sword and it's dissapointed when Sports Girl's groping skills don't match up to Yomotsuka's.
I don't know how future chapters will develop Toudou's relationship with the other girls, but the one who did the greatest impact was Yomotsuka for sure.
Conversely, I'm really not feeling her relationship with glasses best friend. In the case they end up going further, I can just hope Toudou enjoys herself.
I have noticed the same thing and made sure to check. Yomotsuka is mentioned by Toudou in every single chapter except Chapter 9. She is constantly on her mind.
Another aspect that I find relevant is that Toudou had prior relationships with several of her victims. Kamisada was her bully and it is implied at least that Kamisada was interested in Toudou before the potion (which is why she focused on bullying her specifically so much and why she was into her even after it wore off, unlike Ookada or Shirashiro). Of course her best friend who is an open lesbian and is physically attracted to her (I am not so sure about the "crush" the narration mentioned, seems very physical only to me) exists, but she is clearly a no-go as Toudou can't see her as anything more than a friend. Hanei Rin is the only one we get direct confirmation of being in love with Toudou without any love potion involvement.
What matters here is that, while many of the girls may have had an eye on Toudou before, Toudou herself has admitted she was focused on Yomotsuka even before the love potion. In chapter 1 she even starts to question why she "hated" her so much to begin with. I believe Mochi subtly tried to imply since chapter 1 that Toudou was intrerested in Yomotsuka and all the following events just strengthened that interest. Her going out of her way to test a love potion on a girl she "hates" is in itself kind of strange to begin with. Of course her justification of not minding to poison someone she dislikes or the fact that it would be shameful for Yomotsuka are believable, but it is not out of question that she subconsciously wished to be loved by Yomotsuka.
So while she likes the attention and admiration of others, the one she herself admires is a completely different matter and thus more powerful than any other relationship in my opinion. And Yomotsuka being an implied experienced lesbian really does help a lot, as she doesnt deny her attraction to Toudou and would be fine making her hers, but also respects Toudou's own choices. If they were to become lovers Yomotsuka wants Toudou to come to her.
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