I agree that it's him, though I don't remember him cutting his hair or changing his genre... I don't know that he's in love with her, though I do think that he loves her. I think that they would have been great friends (maybe could have grown to love each other properly in different circumstances), but she got her love for him mixed up because she had no friends and her mom couldn't love her. I think he always cared about her but was an eejit child who was good looking so developed an ego and pride issue, and that twisted the affection he had for her. I think they could be fantastic friends, but that's it.
I am with you on sticking to the end of this.
Yeah . I remember because I started seeing Shou as cute then. Can't help it; Mamoru Miyano is his voice actor, plus his chasing after her is cute.
Also to clarify and also to refresh our memory, he cut his hair because he desires to be mature and serious, especially since he also notices Ren has feelings for Kyoko. (P.S. I still remember when Shou attempted to confess, but the jealous Ren interrupted ) There are a lot of cute moments in there—Shou defending Kyoko from harassment, Shou realizing Kyoko was special to him, Kyoko saying Shou was hers to take down, and Ren becoming stalker repellant for Kyoko.
It was cute, ngl. Ahaha, now I also remember when Shou came back with a bang with the chocolate French kiss, aka the battle for the chocolate. I agree this man will just be a frenemy to her, but it tugged at my heartstrings at times.
That’s definitely Sho. If I remember correctly, he cut his hair short when he wanted to redeem himself. He also changed his singing genre after being inspired by Kyoko. Dude really fell in love with the MC this time, but he already lost his chance. He didn’t even realize she was special to him until he saw she could bloom without him.
Mind you, my toxic personality is that I don’t usually have strong feelings about things and am very nonchalant most of the time. So when I find something that makes my heart skip— I become obsessed with it. So regardless of what age i am when this series end, I want to see it and will stick around for a long time.
PS: But I do hope that in case the mangaka is not able to finish this, my heart would be put at ease if they can release a novel version.
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