The author literally had sumo wrestlers appear out of nowhere to pull Shindou away, he's outright telling us that he has no intention of developing their relationship, at this point, I'm happy that he's outright saying it. Fuck it, just give me more fanaervice, I honestly don't even care about the plot anymore.
Some might call that progress ... Progress ... lololololololol. I call it regress ... Because she STILL can't be honest when she thinks he's not around. Loved the fan service though ... A++.
Namek arc of DBZ's anime was dragged dozens of episodes with repeated fight scenes and lot of unnecessary drama to stall the production of new episodes...
So, every dragged arc of a japanese anime or manga can be related to the Namek arc...