I just found out why this series made such a sharp detour into sich an ugly, contrived drama - it got axed. There are only three chapters left.
So presumably the author decided they couldn’t just let things continue to coast and let Hiragi and Taiyou continue to slowly grow to recognize their feelings for each other, and instead a confession was going to have to be forced.
That makes all of this make a lot more sense. The arranged marriage thing came out of nowhere and I remember thinking it felt very out of date, even for manga. Then, we see, even in this chapter, all the characters confused about how there are still arranged marriages in this day and age. Trying to force an end to the story before the axe falls puts it all into perspective.
It’s doubly a shame too, not just because I liked the series, but because a rushed ending, which is pretty much always a bad thing anyway, is just that much worse with a manga that was as slow and gentle as this one.
Ah.
I just found out why this series made such a sharp detour into sich an ugly, contrived drama - it got axed. There are only three chapters left.
So presumably the author decided they couldn’t just let things continue to coast and let Hiragi and Taiyou continue to slowly grow to recognize their feelings for each other, and instead a confession was going to have to be forced.
That makes all of this make a lot more sense. The arranged marriage thing came out of nowhere and I remember thinking it felt very out of date, even for manga. Then, we see, even in this chapter, all the characters confused about how there are still arranged marriages in this day and age. Trying to force an end to the story before the axe falls puts it all into perspective.
It’s doubly a shame too, not just because I liked the series, but because a rushed ending, which is pretty much always a bad thing anyway, is just that much worse with a manga that was as slow and gentle as this one.