I don't know if I love or am pissed at Chiyo. Probably a bit of both. Little gremlin dork.

Wakaba isn't really that dense or in denial, she pretty openly cares about Komaki, she's just frustrated to do so because it sucks being in love with a bitch who hates you. I can barely comprehend why Komaki thinks Wakaba hates her and her consent is impossible to get

Wakaba is more consistent, and convinced herself that she hates Komaki. Yeah her love is obvious from an external point of view (both are), but that doesn't mean Komaki is going to feel confident in confessing. In fact, I seriously doubt Wakaba would even take such a confession seriously - she's convinced herself that Komaki is this heartless, distant person she has to bring back to heart, and doesn't seen that Komaki is already down to heart and right next to her. Well, at least if we were playing blame game, it would be pretty easy to say that Wakaba refusing to recognize that Komaki is in love with her despite her constantly making up "games" to be closer to her, both simply to spend time with Wakaba and to get intimate.

IMO it's pretty obvious both are in denial and refuse to admit how much the other loves them, and twist their own minds to justify not recognizing and confessing their own feelings. It was actually the point were the manga picked up for me, realizing Wakaba's mind is also quite twisted and distorts things, much like Komaki.

Also, while the intensity is obvious excessive and beggars belief, not to mentions materializes in... not the healthiest way to put it mildly, I like that the root cause of the distance between them remains simple and likely. Komaki sees Wakaba as a pretty, popular girl she likes, but who doesn't like her back for who she is, and wants to stay close to her but believes it pointless to confess. Wakaba sees Komaki as a rival, someone she loves being with but who doesn't want to say nice things about her, doesn't want to admit to herself how close they are.

Exactly, don't ask for her hand in marriage to her dad, we're not barbarians... Just ask her directly and then go to her parents with it as a fait accompli !

Kinda feel bad for her now, what with her having no shot with Furuka. Plus the whole eldritch abomination living nearby thing...that's less than ideal.

Yeah, definitely hoping she eventually gets into a better mindset and situation. On the other hand... she needed to be shaken to get out of her previous, bad personality, so I'm also happy for her to get a chance at becoming someone better.

In short, still more happy for her to get positive development than sad that her current mindset isn't great.

And then everything was fine and they made up and there's is nothing to worry about anymore !

As if.

Cute date, and it feels like they know exactly what it is ! Seeing how she's blushing, I think Kaye has some idea of who's the "someone special" Ada should give the brooch to~

The characters don't act like real people.

Huh huh. You know, it's not the first time I read something similar. How it's not that hard to go and ask someone out, to figure out your feelings, to ignore the fear of rejection because it's worth it to take the risk. Heard those from my family and friends both.

Guess I'm not a real person, then.

... I'm a bit confused why people are freaking out. She's been in love for a while and rejecting her feelings because she felt she has already been rejected. So it's only natural that once things are changing, she doesn't just accept it outright as the most natural development, she's confused and worried.

They have been taking two steps forward and two step back for 25 chapters, sure, but I like that in all that shuffling, things have changed. Their understanding of their own feelings, their expectations and hopes for the future, and even their internal reasoning have changed, been explored over time, meaning there is change in the characters even when they aren't moving forward.

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> Characters wondering how they'll live in the future.

Cries.

Please think about how you'll survive in the present instead.

This is a girl's school, there is almost no chance of getting kisses here.

This could be more likely than you think, actually...

But I wouldn't call her important just yet.

Woaah, that's so sweet. And that blush is just adorable. Good job, Jack.

Honestly, it was obvious that Olivia wasn't trustworthy the moment she called Ada's behavior irreproachable. Still though, I'm curious what her deal is, especially as we don't know what she did in the original storyline either...

I can't say I'm a huge fan of Lloyd, but I definitely appreciate how he might turn into an interesting ally now that Ada spoke with him in no unclear terms, making sure he doesn't have any wrong ideas. Looking forward to what happens next and how he grows now that this step was taken.

Words to live by.

I don’t get it? The stuff about seeing her as a toy like that didn’t feel very supported, and didn’t seem to go anywhere. I don’t really understand the point. It kind of felt like they did it just to make it more fucked up? Maybe I’m missing something.

I'm also on the "to make it more fucked up" interpretation, but... They both have reasons that feel wrong to be in that relationship. At the same time they don't actually drag each other down. It's actually unexpectedly wholesome, in a way, more than if one had genuine innocent love and the other not.

Then again, I do rather like Mutually Toxic stories, so there's that !

Yuzu-dar works even under the harshest weather

They make gaydars for demiromantic people now ? Nice, nice.

Alright, Minami finally has a deadline to aim for ! What every student needs !

What are we even doing?

Oh, you know, just normal gay things.

You have to become adults first [to get married], though.

Aaaargh Goddessdammit. I know, this is supposed to be about Mimi and Sheena. But seriously, reading that ? With Esta and Ali right there ? Gah, kill me now, this is too painful.

Honestly, they hate their parents, so if their mom is unhappy with what she learned, it's all the better.

What goes around comes around. It's definitely not a happy ending, but considering the premise of making someone physically coded to love only a single person and then discarding her (as a lover and human), I think it's actually the second happiest ending that could have been for the both of them.

The happiest would of course to free Marie to like someone else. But... Kei just wanted to kill her instead ? Yeah, no way. I do dislike stories centered around forced love, but not as much as those that involve killing your lover. And the fact that Kei brought this upon herself makes it quite more tolerable that I would have expected, actually.

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Oh fuck off. That asshole tried to kill Evie for being a woman Ciel fell in love with and the nature of her magic, and he gets away without any consequence and Ciel still asks that bastard to accept her choice ?

Go to hell, or even better to the guillotine, fucking bastard king. I hope your daughter and son both disavow you.

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I feel like Homa-nee's story will not be pleasant to hear...

Quiet girl to yandere speedrun start.

Aaaand now I'm glad I didn't go with the flow of comments and assume this guy was a potential friend. When it comes to children interacting with each other, better hope for the best but expect the worst.

It was a pretty general description that our girl Takamine then fills in with her crush

And arguably it doesn't even fit that well, since the "puts everything in the things she loves" is exactly something Sakura can't do at the moment, to her own distress. But rose-tinted glasses and all. In the end, what matters is that Takamine could think of someone she could say those lines to.

This definitely puts me on guard... Yes, it could be some future friend, but then again it could be trouble."It happened while playing rough in class" isn't exactly pointing in the right direction, for now.