Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-36009152-20181025173232/@comment-37159314-20181026221519

217.229.198.211 wrote: I think my main problem is that there's no confirmed feelings from Yuu's side. He sees everyone of his squad as family and doesn't even think about romance or dating at all. Would be weird if he suddenly showed interested in these things. Yeah, Shikama Doji really is an issue. The way he always points out her feelings to the reader makes it look rather forced, especially because of that whole "you'll meet your destiny in eight years" from the LN + the fact that he knows Yuu from about a thousand years ago. It seems rather set up and makes it look like that if Yuu//Noa really does become canon, none of them really had a choice and fell for each other because of Shikama Doji and not because it just happened to be the other one they fell for.

I also think it's not good for Shinoa's character. She was such a sass queen at the beginning and teasing everyone of her squad and lately, all that defines her is her crush on Yuu. That makes her a little bit less interesting for me.

Yeah, it's really simple-minded. But people really treat Yuu//Na as the ultimate endgame who have lots of children in the end. Especially after ch. 66. It's probably because main male character x main female character + the statement that shounen usually only need the female character to admit that she's in love and BAM canon.

As for me, it's either MikaYuu or an open ending. The latter would fit the family theme of the overall story. I never understood the sudden fous on romance anyway. The story could really live without it so far. Oh believe me, i think it's pretty forced too. Yu doesn't have any romantic interest in anyone like you said, and Shinoa herself still is unsure of her feelings (which Shikama is trying to force onto her). And i don't think it is good for Shinoa either, and she deserves someone better than Yu anyways (let us be honest, she's too good for him, no hate against Yu). Really, i can only see the two as best friends/platonic life-partners at the current moment.

And agree, romance was never the series' strongest. I would gladly live without it with you, fellow Anon. It was never a shoujo manga after all.

As a mika//yuu shipper myself, I dont consider it queerbaiting...now, anyway (something really big between them needs to happen to make me officially think that). Not that i can't blame others for thinking that, though.