I mean...

Yes, It's kinda 'Yay!' these more openly sentimental moments of Souichi towards Morinaga, but... It's paradoxically tiresome, this tsundere dynamic she keeps on the character. Considering the majority of this manga's public consists of 25++ female readers (including my almost 30y ass myself), I particularly would have liked a more 'mature' behavior being built between these two. I still can't believe she practically threw out an entire volume based on the "living separate drama," which could have had a really great relationship development based on mutual trust, enduring distance, and maintaining the caring feelings they have for each other. These would resonate back on the mature fanbase, being more connected to our reality and, maybe, being more appealing. I'm not saying that the 'fantasy' driven narrative or the stereotypical behaviors present in the manga are bad or something. Fantasy is the very essence of any Yaoi piece, and every single one of us is lured here by it. But when a work is more than 10, 15, or 20 years old, one can consider the passing of the years for the public as well. The fanbase that consisted of people in the early years of their youth are now grown up adults, and for many of us, it's refreshing seeing real-world problems being represented in the story. I understand also that maintaining the "tsundere" type on Souichi's character is reasonable considering the "tyrant" that he should reflect, but nevertheless, it's a loss of time in the narrative. Don't get me wrong, I really like Hinako's works, but sometimes I think that she is giving us fractured, exhausting parts of a history that is only still ongoing to match more recent appealing competitors (this is not an isolated case, though). I have a lot more to talk about this kkkkkkkk but I'll end here. What do you guys think?