This section was a lot less dramatic than the LN it feels like. The scene where she sees Aya meet up with the other girl hit so hard, and this conflict just seemed so muted in comparison. It’s basically the only part of the story that holds appeal for me anymore, bc the essentially assault parts are just so much worse than most other kinky/sexy yuri we have going on now. It would be cool if it went full “oh nooooo this hot mysterious lesbian in my class is having her way with me and I like iiiiit, oh no what if I give in” or if they just went full, like, grounded plot-focused romance, but the fusion between the two is really dissonant and it just comes across as a story where one of the leads just constantly violates the consent of the other and the story just wants you to ignore it. I just can’t get invested in it.
Betrayal and disappointment is like catnip to me but unfortunately it seems like there was less of that, too. All around I’m getting “meh.”