Man…No! Kaoru was such a responsible and intelligently wild girl I still love her so much…and her last words for Mei is just so beautiful. The humor, the love, the energy, such an awesome person all around.
I really hope that she may return, even if it’s just video calls for advice and stuff. When the competition gets shaved off, you know that the end is near. And I just don’t know how to resolve the remaining plot lines.
But seriously. I am greatly anticipating what Tamamusi has planned for the ending. One of the reasons I hate “monogamous ending for a harem story” is because it basically means that everyone else except for the end game couple doesn’t really have a resolved ending. Because you know, since the story is a “harem”, then most of the tale will be about the MC interacting with the love interests that are…well, in love with the MC.
To make the story more fascinating, a harem wouldn’t be just a harem. If we’re telling a story then I would expect the characters to have a lot more impact on each other and have more definite relationships.
I personally think this harem story already rank among the best (not that I have read many anyway), because aside from the MC’s relationships with the love interests, the love interests themselves have relatively relatable dynamics with each other, or just valid interactions showing how they’re not so separate from each other. They have so much interactions with each other and yet none of it seems really repetitive or OOC.
Like, we have Riri, Minato, Maria, Kaoru and Karin as the fearsome five, right?
So Riri - Minato - Kaoru was partially established when they had that competition back at Maria’s beach vacation. (Although it was mostly Minato - Kaoru, but it still stands)
Riri - Kaoru was when Kaoru insightfully helped out Riri with her schoolwork and earned a ton of respect.
Riri - Karin was there during that beach episode when Karin couldn’t hold it back, and when Riri walked in on her “eating up” Mei a while back.
Minato - Kaoru was obvious, since they got to bond quite a lot during the beach episode through their love for Mei (and the initial obliviousness for it) plus a whole lot of competitiveness, and wine as well.
Minato - Karin was shown when she claimed that she would protect Mei from Karin and her actions, and of course, back when they put on that show with Mei together. Shows that they knew each other quite well.
Maria is a very intelligent psychology professor, so she already discovered all the others’ interests for Mei. Makes sense that she knows all of those girls by default.
Maria - Minato was back when they met while Mei was just there thinking that those two had something going on and the atmosphere was off.
Maria - Kaoru was way back, hinted during the beach episode that they had something sort of beef in the past.
Maria - Karin was during the beach episode and they had that one talk at the balcony about their feelings for Mei (and how Maria realized Karin is smarter than she gave credit for).
So that’s a lot of interactions. And that’s just the ones I can remember off the top of my head. Probably more but I may forgot. I just love special interactions.
(Mei’s first crush didn’t have a chance to really interact, but since the author decided to give her a lot of relevance as of now, I shall wait patiently and see what would happen.)
And among those, I find “Kaoru - Maria” the most interesting as of now. (Minato - Karin as the runner-up)
Because it seems that they are the most mature (and held a realistic attitude on life) and developed among them all, and they (unlike others) have connected way before Mei’s appearance.
And isn’t it just so coincidental that those two mature girls just had that serious talk during the fireworks before both of them automatically (and possibly definitely) dropped out of the competition for Mei until further notice? (Even after Kaoru explicitly said to Minato that she’s not going to give up without a fight, and Maria desperately wanted Mei to make a move on her before the vacation.)
This is just a wild theory, but…could it be that Maria held that vacation to see who would be the best for Mei and confronted Kaoru (with whom she’s the closest) and discussed what’s the best, and agreed that it’s for the best that if all of them wanted her so bad (not to mention Maria realized Karin’s capabilities while Kaoru realized Minato’s determination), and they had too many obstacles keeping them from love compared with the rest, it’d be better if they just burn the bridge for Mei after this trip?
But I dunno, I still wanted a harem ending and for everyone to love Mei (and have sesbian lex with her) but those mature responsibilities are getting in the way dang it!
Even if it stretches across Mei’s college years, I want everyone to love and have her!
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