The implication seems to be that it's healthier because Nanao has feelings for her and their relationship isn't based on paying for sex, which sure, that is healthier. But the idea that because Nanao loves Asumi therefore Asumi should get into a relationship with Nanao, that feels toxic to me. Asumi doesn't owe Nanao feelings. And that's kind of my point, even if it is just because of an emotional hangup, that still means Asumi doesn't have feelings for Nanao. Being in a relationship with Nanao wouldn't be fair to either of them.
At the end of the day, even if Mai didn't exist, there is no indication that Asumi would choose Nanao. Of course, feelings could develop later, adults don't get into relationships with each other having equal feelings at the start necessarily, but
that also means there is no guarantee that feelings will develop.
that's why I like this manga , I feel like the story could take a turn at each chapters , just like the feeling I got when I watched HSL , I just feel that that something is cooking up and each pieces on the checkerboard are slowly moving into place for the bang , and for now I have no way to know when/what the bang will be or what kind of bang it'll be but oh boy do I know that there's one coming
They're being really intimate, and Asumi is still thinking brothels would indicate, if anything, that she has not become more emotionally vulnerable with Nanao.
To use a different manga as an example, Sorry but I'm Not Into Yuri, the main character in that is intimate with a number of different girls,
but only two of them feel like she could have feelings for
who's the second one ? yayoi ? I know there's hanei but who you're referring to ?