Refusing to label a thing doesn't mean the thing doesn't exist. They have some sort of relationship that they don't have with others. It's special, it's exclusive to them both. https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/a_room_for_two_special_3_under_the_cherry_trees#15 "we're the only ones here, after all"
Like people saying it was always clear, I don't get that? The point of romantic love and dating has been brought up numerous times, especially in vol 9 and 10 with these two specifically. https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/a_room_for_two_special_the_arrival_of_spring#16 How else I am supposed to see this as Kasumi being okay with loving sakurako in a romantic way. How are we the readers not supposed to think about this when the characters do it? Even if they are aro/ace or demi, that doesn't mean they can't be in a relationship, which I see dating meaning. A relationship just means you have a bond together based on your feelings for eachother, wether those are romantic or not. It feels like some people are saying there is nothing here between these two and that is just untrue. See again "we're the only ones here, after all". You don't just say that to anyone. This to me is when they decide, yes, we are a thing. What is that thing? we don't know, we don't care, but it is a thing and we are happy with it.
Again, not labeling the thing doesn't mean the thing doesn't exist.
I just feel like the author wanted to be deep for no reason at all by refusing the label. It would have been more genuine to me if Sakurako had answered "I don't know." to the question of them dating. That's not caring about labels. Instead, she says no, we aren't. It seems people are just applying a strict meaning to dating that actually is not true, especially when they use it sense of being in a relationship. For people who say they don't care about labels, y'all seem to have pretty strict definitions of labels and wether or not they apply. Saying they aren't X or Y is the same labeling as saying they are X or Y.
Also, in this chapter Sakurako says nothing has changed, but literally the special before this she says so much has changed and she thinks it will keep changing. https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/a_room_for_two_special_3_under_the_cherry_trees#7 The writing is contradicting itself.
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