I think I disagree. Yes you have points but Hina's way of trying to hint was different than Kaede. Not everyone is as forward as Kaede, yet still she was trying her best to compete with Kaede. She went to Akira's house and made food for him everyday. Also the author did her wrong she had SO MUCH potential. I love childhood friends to lovers dynamic so much but there were so many other ways to make them end up together and feels like the author just decided to choose the worst option ever. If you talk about the "childhood memories" part Akira and Hina had them so much more. I think they're cute together with Akira. Let's talk about Kaede and Akira a bit. Kaede had feelings for his brother instead at first and even hated Akira, acted like that was the first time he ever got to meet him. I think the childhood part (in this chapter) is absolute nonsense, just feels forced into the story to make Kaede's feelings more valid. I definitely agree on Hiiragi and president part (╥﹏╥) The author gave them more scenes and development in the original novel because normally they don't have much in the original route. But they're both adults and it's not nice from whatever perspective you try to look at... AND SORRY I TALKED TOO MUCH!! (;ŏ﹏ŏ)
kaede's route once again remind me why I hate the original ending in the novel. he was actually the only one who was pursuing akira, was he a bit pushy? yes but he let akira has his space; hina literally did nothing and natsuhi was a friend most of the time until everyone confessed to akira and he decided to jump too. hiiragi and the president getting chapters after kaede makes no sense when 1 hiiragi's case is just straight up criminal and 2 the president was more of a wingman to natsuhi