I can't help but feel bad for Akira in those first pages. X)
Rin: Akira, I have something important to talk about, can we talk after class?
Akira: OMG the girl I like is gonna confess to me, I can't wait I can't wait!!
Rin: I kinda… kissed a girl last night.
Akira: …Oh.
Speaking of which, I really love the work on eyes and facial expressions in this series. I felt that Canno had lost a bit of that around the end of AnoKiss, but she's really upping her game here. Love the subtle shadowing too (like when Rin says "I can't").
I think in Cannos works being gay is the norm not the exception. But I can definitely see modern kids in accepting environments being more confused by someone being poly then someone being gay
It's more that, since everyone treats being gay as normal, the "weird out" cursor is moved to something more unusual like polyamory. Still, I appreciate that even though guys and het people do exist this time around, no one bats an eyelid at gayness anyway. It's still idealistic, but it feels more real than the post-apocalyptic fantasy world that was Seiran Academy (even if that was nice too).