those who disagree with me id like to hear your opinion.
I definitely feel like the ending was rushed and odd, but i see how they ended up together. Looking back at how Taichi reacted when he was first helping Futaba. I saw it as, him not sure how to feel about Touma, whether he was jealous that Futaba liked someone else or that someone like Touma. Taichi also wasn't sure why he disliked and avoided Touma. After Touma confessed, I think Taichi may have understood more why he felt that way, he was jealous that Touma was popular, but also that Tamou was being taken away by other people. When it came to him having to choose between Touma and Futaba, he obviously thought very hard about it, he even had a dream where he was unsure of who to choose. (In my pov I saw it more as a romantic choice and not just a friendship choice if that makes sense) Taichi obviously had more feelings about Touma than just friendship. I don't think he was "groomed" (I also don't think that's the right word for what you are trying to express) Taichi very obviously cared for Touma a lot. I don't think Touma would force Taichi into a relationship, he was willing to forget and leave like nothing happened, why would he randomly force Taichi?
Sorry for the bad use of words but i think i understand the ending better, i just hate how they rushed it when the manga was text heavy it then suddenly ended
after ive read it again ive come to a conclusion, the author is a lazy freak that notices that people are more into bl then straight and he wanted to end the manga so we got that ending. and another note, is there not other people outside taichi’s highschool like we can get a happy ending by all of them having a talk when they all meet up for highschool reunion cuz since the manga is discussion heavy already why not let the ending be a discussion not some “okay here you go taichi and touma got together after 5 years, yup taichi didnt find another one and touma probably grommed taichi to like him cuz how did taichi become gay when he didnt express any feelings for touma then?
i really hope you guys dont see this as a “homophobe” hate cuz gay people got together in the ending but no.
Tl;dr: i think touma groomed taichi into liking him cuz they couldve just find other like other people says “relationships dont lasts forever” yeah and feelings too cuz he saw taichi has another person for him but he decided to wait? for what?