I liked it 0.0

WARNING CONTAINS SPOILERS


I really liked the story, so im a bit confused about why there are so many negative comment lol. I think a lot of the scenarios really contributed to the story and growth of characters asa whole. But I feel like negatove comments are mostly bashing shunin for not being affectionate, being childish or about how he made the decision for her to go on the date without talking to her about it.

Well I think this story really depicts the fact that people love in different ways(and does it well too). shunins character is the type that expresses with his actions rather than words. Despite everything, he makes her breakfast every morning. I feel like the breakfast thing is a super big part of him showing "affection". Its something he's good at, something that he knows makes her happy (food lol), something he can do for her, and it's become part of their routine as a couple so I feel like it's kind if hidden. He takes care of her(paying for hospital fees, bringing her food, getting her the meat plushie). He knows she likes romantic things, and he knows she likes meat. So he takes her to the hot springs(makes an effort to do couple like things), and gets her a lot of meat(something she really really loves). Additionally, although he comments that she has gained weight he isnt toxic about it. Just teasing.

There are those old anime couples with a super grumpy grandpa, who still doesnt know how to say nice things like 50 years into their marriage, but shows their love in a different way. So I dont think it's fair to expect someone to suddenly become a better speaker, to become more straightforward and change their personality because they "grow up / mature". Like at his age unless something big happens, his personality wont change darastically. And I do think he shows affection in other way. The fact that it's so hard to recognize really loops back to the idea of showing love in different ways because it's not something commonly associated with sweet words or gifts.

Some might say well he proposed unromantically or something despite knowing how she is. Imo I think it was the kind of things that just hit him, the feeling of being so content and wanting to marry her that he straight up just asked.

Enough about hard to spot affection. When he "let her go on that date", while I do agree that the way he presented it was kinda messed up (like he just told her lol ur going on a date tomorrow, and as a result she feels unimportant and loses confidence in his feelings-which sets up later her slight inclination towards the CEO guy- which are all nice plot points so clap clap to author) , I dont think that it can be considered "making decisions for her". At the end of the day it's her decision. No matter what deal he made with someone else, she is not obligated to fulfill his deal. She could've said straight up "no I'm not going" and what could he have done about it? Like force her to go? Even when people say "he made the decision for her" the only thing he really did was Express that "I'm okay with u going on the date." Which is what upset her in the first place.

I also think its important to note that this scene is showing his growth in trust for shibata. At the beginning, the guy carrying her in made him upset, and he didnt want her to work with that guy. Basically shows he's insecure about the way she feels, since he feels jealous cuz he thinks she'll be snatched away. The fact that he went from THAT to having so much confidence in their bond that he wrote down that (basically) there was no way ceo guy could snatch her and being sorta okay with them going on a date(aka giving ceo an oppurtunity to shoot his shot) really shows a jump. Arguably, he was still worried but he was waiting for her to come back to him. So that point was probably there as a "show of growth in trust" and didnt force shibata to do anything that she didnt actually agree to(she could've said no).