Author: We need something to spice up this manga a little bit, what's popular rn?
Editor: Idk, there are a lot of manga recently adding annoying lesbian bitches to the cast out of nowhere, but I don't think that's a good idea-..
Author: THAT'S IT!!! let's add an annoying lesbian bitch to the...
So the rejected material is going full blown offence to compensate for the fact that she's.. well, a rejected material.
In the other hand the wishy-washy childhood friend is boring af, if she won that would be even worse, so I'm team Akari for now I guess.
I understand that there are some cases where someone does*n't realize that the feelings they're experiencing towards someone else is love, but this is NOT one of them, this is more like having diarrhea and trying to convince yourself that your guts hurts because you're just feeling hungry.
That was a massive investment in time and efforts for what could possibly be a little gain. I hope she'll actually try to improve the hard way instead of running from reality and hiding in her isolation like she has always been doing thus far.
@FredFriendly
He's tasked by her dad to look after...