DId Maki said she was able to move forward because of Youko saying she loved her when she got rejected by that guy? I'm sorry, but you didn't move forward at all, you keeping being the same almost all the manga until the very end. At least in author's afterword you could tell she/he feel a little embarrassed of their own work.
Well, I don't know what to say, I even feel it would be better if Youko would go out with that girl at the end better. Thanks for the translating work, I do appreciate the diligence this manga had anyway. Pika-chan would be a better protagonist, I felt.