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I kinda wanted to gauge ppl's reaction to this before reading and i was preparing for the worst but.... it rly wasn't bad. Like yeah, it sucks so much that Ryuji's feelings were not reciprocated but it has been obvious since the very beginning Aoi will help Makoto accept himself. She was the one doing the heavy lifting when it came to helping him and accepting himself. It was pretty clear.
Not to mention I rly rly don't fuck with people claiming the author baited them or did x queer theme badly bc they ended up a gender or sexuality ppl didn't want. Like, him choosing to identify and present as a boy in the end (at least from what I've heard) doesn't invalidate his journey. It's not a cop out. Sometimes people change their minds or discover things abt themselves. It's very disheartening to see ppl act like such ppl are frauds or whatever lol