Midori's cosplay and poses actually work! https://dynasty-scans.com/system/releases/000/037/770/P004-min.png and https://dynasty-scans.com/system/releases/000/015/967/00025.png for instance. They make her look way cuter/hotter than normal. If she can get and keep Hibiki as a girlfriend, she might even learn to draw!
All the discussion about Kaoru and Shizuka doesn't square with my mental picture of their relationship. Kaoru can be a vamp and a harem-builder, but we see all these girls throwing themselves at her, and Hibiki, with her experience, realised chasing her was pointless. But Shizuka enjoyed her time with Kaoru. Kaoru was pretty honest about where they could go, and as she started developing her crush on Tokino Mayoi, she started being blunt about their time being limited. And Shizuka behaved to Mio exactly as Kaoru did to Shizuka - while Shizuka and Kaoru were still an item.
I think Shizuka is considered to be Kaoru Junior by her fellow students, basically. Beautiful and desirable and flirtatious and self-contained. So if people think Kaoru and Shizuka have a toxic relationship, they're both contributing to that. They are definitely better apart, now that they've gotten their wild stuff out of their system, and Kaoru definitely always regrets having one of her harem leave the fold, but at the same time, Bou-chan won't put up with Kaoru's lifestyle so far, so Shizuka, too, is doing Kaoru a favour.
Midori's very first presentation was not up to her later high standards: "Notice me, senpai!" https://blog-imgs-71-origin.fc2.com/r/o/s/rosenkranz/140311.jpg
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