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I never thought it was; I said "if" she were still brave.
I personally think CH had an enormous potential, it was innovative, to a certain extent. But she lost it, simply. Maybe it was not really her path or, most likely, she was left with no other choices after a large part of the public went wild against her. I don't know, I just know... it has turned into something less dangerous, and certainly more reassuring, that means, alltogheter, less interesting.
...which she hasn't been for a while, now, turning one of the most brilliant pieces ever into a sort of romantic comedy for horny teenagers, that guy trying to drown Azusa would be Karino, on a hint to teach him who's the real in command.
If it goes on like this, it will become a really romantic love-story, which is not the case. The true end would be Azusa taking revenge on him. But that was before he felt head-over-heels for the man that essentially destroyed his dignity.
Sometimes, editors and the public, too, are a bunch of assholes. Nothing more, nothing less.