@Treyon
The author consistently sticks in some sort of sexual violence/NTR section into the series he writes, where the MC gets the heroines/heroine stolen from them for a brief amount of time. It usually ends up getting rectified and fixed later on but it's still painfully annoying to have...
That is clearly a young phoenix that hasn't matured yet.
Only a fool wouldn't see that she simply needs to achieve a certain level for her phoenix to evolve to full maturity!
I really hate the kind of character logic where one character says "Don't leave me, whatever you do. Don't sacrifice yourself for me no matter what. I don't ever want you to do any of that for me."
And then the other character is like "You've done so much for me. I must sacrifice myself for you...
That is kinda depressing in a way.
Suzuka only wanted to help Kazu, and help him choose his path on his own. Only to find out that Tamamo had done it instead. Thus what she had hoped would be a beloved moment where Kazu chose his path with her at his side, was tainted by Tamamo's influence...