At first I kinda thought the same as everyone else that Hwan was kinda sus but at the same time I saw a comment of someone saying not to worry cause they read the raws and it really is Hwan. Now I’m just trying to enjoy the panels as if it really is Hwan and holding onto that hope lol. I kinda just feel that now is one of the cases where the author might just be rushing to the ending.
Some people say that Kikuchi was manipulative and others say he was done wrong ? —my thoughts:
Tbh I liked Kikuchi but there was no spark. He stepped into everything knowing well enough how Yoshioka really felt.
No slander towards Kikuchi, he’s a nice guy, he may have pressured Yoshioka a little but I don’t not disfavor his “I won’t give up” act. I don’t think that was being manipulative but I will also say that because of him acting like that, I feel no need to pity him either.
ON ANOTHER NOTE. The KikuchixYoshioka relationship was a REALLY GOOD plot device. It allowed for Yoshioka to clear all of her doubts about how she felt about Kou. It also allowed for Kou to become more certain in himself and his actions by going for Yoshioka with everything and not half-heartedly. Also, it made him crush on her REALLY HARD and it really made me melt seeing him allowing himself to have deeper and deeper feelings. I think a lot of people need to understand that relationships can be messy and BOTH Yoshioka and Kou have been through a lot and there was just too many misunderstandings. With everything that Kou had gone through, it’d be a little surprising if they were just able to get together right away without a little angst to spice things up (o ^-^)o