And sometimes it’s brought up once and then disposed of, as was unequivocally done in Chapter 4 of the main series, when the grandfather, after describing how he was too harsh and inattentive regarding his granddaughter, says to Mei,
“It’s time for you and you alone to decide how to live your life.” (Emphasis in the original)
The engagement was "resolved" a full chapter earlier (end ch2), consider instead that the conversation was, unsurprisingly, about the arc that filled the chapter immediately leading up to it: it was about his impulse to lock Mei away (and expel Yuzu) afterwards to keep her safe, instead of trusting her judgement, and the only result was letting her return to her new home (if she wanted to), and associate with Yuzu again.
you´re dismissing a direct quote from the manga and giving it the meaning that fits your narrative, at that point the misunderstanding was already clear he already told yuzu that se wasn´t gonna be expelled, the conversation was clearly about inheriting the school and the marriage
It was only in ch28 (after various "tests" earlier) Mei finally concluded she was in love with Yuzu (which is why she was finding herself unable to resist doing things she knew she shouldn't).
that doesn´t make mei look any better, if that was the case she kept doing thing despite knowing that she was gonna hurt yuzu
either mei was aware of the engament from the beggining,hurt yuzu consiously and saburo uta is a genuis or she didn´t and was a vitciim of the situation and couldn´t say no (wich makes her love for yuzu questionable but at least plausible)
you can´t have both
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