Am I the only one who thinks her father is an asshole?
He literally just tries to push his own dreams on her because he failed.

I mean, he quite literally doesn't. The entire chapter made it very clear that while her mother initially assumed so, this was all a misunderstanding. And even after mom comes around, they're both willing to support her, but neither is applying any pressure - and she's already decided to continue studying anyway.

Now, seriously... the NCD should check Yori's mom's building's water lines, because somewhere upwater of her, there's a very clear filtration from someone's meth lab. They will close down a big lab, perform a big arrest, and be heroes in the news. What are they waiting for?

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Ayaka offer her support to Hajime was such a lovely moment!

And dating someone that is in love with someone else isn't "cuck shit," Miki's proactively trying to move on from a relationship she can't have, (for a lot of reasons,) and Aya is swooping in with the intent to save her from that. this happens all the time in yuri and in real life. It's often what happens to secondary characters when they can't get the character of their affection. Hell, it basically happened with Aki. She was still in love with Yori, but she knows that isn't going to happen so she's trying to move on with somebody else and honestly it seems like it's going pretty well.

People who read romance stories get way too bogged down in "they met by fate on a windswept day when they bumped into each other on the street and fell in love at first sight" but a lot of real relationships are "Well, I had a crush on some guy whose name I can't remember, who didn't even know who I was, and she came after me anyway and I thought she seemed fun and interesting. We've been married for 43 years."

Very well put! Unfortunately, Miki became a lightning rod for so many people's barely related grievances.

At this point it's pretty clear that one of the main themes of this series is couples who start dating at a point when their feelings are not yet totally requited (i.e., there is mutual interest but one girl's feelings are more intense). This scenario is probably not that rare in real life but it's less commonly represented in yuri manga, so to me it's one of the aspects that makes this series compelling.

I find the way Ayaka asked Miki out and Aki asked Shiho out to be super romantic and heartfelt. Of course, as readers we know that a happy ending is almost guaranteed for all of these girls, but the characters can't see the future. So, while all dating involves some risk, these couples are a bit more explicitly aware of those risks, and I find the way they choose to give it a try regardless to be really heartwarming.

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