Eh, I believe I'm missing something. What was the message here? Are we suppose to side with Karen at the end? There's no way what she's doing is healthy.
1. Does Hime's wearing of Akiras shirt per se count as crossdressing even if she's not doing it to emulate socially accepted male appearance but started doing it as some kind of political (?) move? I'm sorry, I'm just not really familiar with crossdressing culture.
2. I believe Mike is just...
This manga is gonna be a ride for me. Not because it is super touching or cathartic and I can relate to what's being depicted, but because as a cis male hetero guy there's literally nothing I can relate to here and yet I desperately want to understand and emphasize with those characters, because...
I... have no idea how things turned out like this but let's roll with it.
And I'm all for a Hayasaka spin off but I don't really like the idea of Hayasaka and Shirogane together. Give her Ishigami or even her own romantic pairing and it'd be perfect.