Binged this all in two days and ultimately my problem with Shiho is that she’s simply not sympathetic enough for me to wanna root for her since every single bit of the negative vibes in the story currently is all her fault, because she’s extremely emotional, crass and prone to wild mood swings the instant she hears something she doesn’t like.
I don’t really wanna see her and Aki get together romantically because she put her through heavy emotional abuse because she had the gal to like someone that wasn’t her, saying crap like she “broke her heart” like any of this was Aki’s fault is outta line. It’s one thing if Aki rejected her (and even then she’s free to do so and shouldn’t feel bad about it) but the fact Shiho didn’t even have the sack to confess and left Aki completely in the dark about the entire thing is just shitty.
At the very least It’s a brilliant study in contrasts because when Aki saw her love get with someone else she didn’t throw a tantrum or pointlessly burn bridges between close friends, she handled it well and still maintains healthy relationships with both parties, she moved on. Shiho cannot move on and would rather verbally tounge lash Aki on site for not looking her way when she didn’t even shoot her shot to begin with, it’s very incel-lite and I’m not really a fan of it.
Granted these are still minors and teenagers do dumb things when emotions run high, I get it and I do cut some slack for Shiho over it, and she has shown to have redeeming values and moments: But she has a LOT of growing up to do before I ever want to see her in a actual relationship
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