This is the thing that ends the Kuro-bowl for good and anyone that laments that Kuro and Taki didn't end up together should rethink things.
while you can chalk it up to naivety or inexperience, Taki intentionally or not led Kuro on, if she had been aiming for Naga from the start she should have...
Anyone that ships Kita with Kuro needs to re-read this chapter because it cements that while maybe there could be a chance Kuro has a very, very, VERY different life plan and outlook than she does
Takagi is my spirit animal.
I came here due to alone in the planet /wakusei closet. Tsubana clearly dances around certain topics if you read her other works you'll see that school girls and the otherworldly are her cream and crop.
it's like some black mirror lite but it always end up working...
I'm glad MC managed to not end with either his crush nor with his distressed damsel, he got to have meaningful and rullfilling relationships with both.
And then he gets to have angry, tsundere action with reformed bully.
It was good saccharine content, they clearly mirror each other's thoughts as they reflect what it means to "like" someone, but mom can see it, sis can see it, girls at the glasses store can see it.
while you don't get a direct confirmation it's like an ending where someone is surrounded by...
having read wakusei closet, it becomes abundantly clear that tsubana has themes she gravitates around and to.
the big mystery here is what the hell was that wraith/spirit that was chasing Ryo was?