I could accept that Ritsu would forgive Takano simply because the author will do so regardless to move the plot along. But we should never “accept” what Takano did and continues to do my emotional and physically forcing Ritsu to meet his desires and expectations as love. They are truly an example of the relationship some of us have been unlucky to witness as the couple who despite “loving” each other are very very harmful to one another and stay together out of a sense of duty and nostalgia for simpler times. Takano is fixicated on Ritsu as a representation of his more happier moments of his youth, and wants to rekindle that experience even against Ritsu hesistance. The real best course of action of would have been simply trying for a friendship and the possibility of romance maybe restarting at an organize speed, but this will never happen and we are stuck with the narrative that Ritsu already loves Takano so if Takano makes Ritsu acknowledge this by force it’s acceptable when Ritsu owes Takano absolutely nothing let alone his love to man he hasn’t seen in over 10 years and is otherwise a stranger to him. I get what you intended to say but Ritsu is a victim and the collateral damage of in Takano’s search for happiness at whatever the cost.
I also get what you intended to say and totally agree with you!
i couldn’t even look at the last part of the chapter. Takano crossed the line this time and i think at the end of the night, he is already regretful what he has done for Onodera. He needs to compensate his actions for Onodera in the following chapters. But there is one thing that we have to accept, Onodera should accept his love and after all these, i hope he can find the strength within himself to forgive Takano I’m so sad. Their relationship isn’t going well physically and i don’t know what should i expect for the next chapter