Love this manga so much. Seriously one of my favourites so far.
I’m definitely getting a lot of self-loathing/internalized homophobia vibes from Hinako though. Which is why she’s refusing to believe these feelings she has could be “normal.” I have a hunch this might be related to her relationship with her mother as well since they keep hinting back to that.
And interesting how some people are perceiving Subaru’s attitude towards Fuuka as a crush. To me it seemed as though she was incredibly distrustful of her and her motives towards her sister. Since she’s seem to be portrayed as somewhat as a player maybe?
“Why don’t you go see your girlfriend”
“Which one?”
“You’re the worst”
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It’s been pretty obvious that Subaru is rooting for Hinako and Asahi and is hoping Hinako will be the one to “free” Asahi from her so she can live her own life. So it’s not like she’s ultra possessive of her sister. You can tell she feels immensely guilty about the sacrifices her sister has made to provide and care for her. So my question is - what did Fuuka do in the past to end up on her shit list?
you see, that part where she says "you are the worst" is what sold me on Subaru maybe having a crush on Fuuka, she is not protective of her sister here, she is actually jealous of Fuuka, we saw how happy subaru was when she visited before. I think Subaru supports and roots for Hinaku and Asahi not because Hinako likes Asahi, because Fuuka already did that, but because for the first time Asahi is showing interest in someone that isn't Subaru herself, so she thinks this is a chance for her to discover what is love.
Lol, poor Hinako, the way she was describing her feelings, she very much wants to do those things but it's too embarrassed to do it or admit it. I hope she comes to terms with it in time.
loved the new character, gave some new progress to Hinako.
Or she could be the rarely-if-ever portrayed asexual lesbian and being thrown off by the tired old love = sexual desire bullshit. As if romance has to involve sex.
I highly doubt that, what is most likely is that this is a reflection of Hinako's own internalized homophobia, like the other user said, still refusing to accept that she can love a woman and coupled with the fact that she remembers that phisical contact with men made her sick, Asahi doesn't make her sick, but maybe she is not sure that her touch and affection won't be a bother to Asahi like the phisical interactions she recieve in the past were a bother to her.
in the end of the day all this is wild speculation, but I find it highly entertaining to discuss such things, we cannot predict what is to come, that is only for the author to say.
