You're right and same.
As the elder sibling of my family and who loves her siblings with all her heart, I love family and friendship bonds.
I love stories that focus on other forms of love, specifically family and friendship as they are underrated.
Society focuses too much on romance and indoctrinates us that romance is vital and necessary in our lives.
OHMYGODDDD u're a PhD in this i really understand what u mean by adding romance in non-tag-romance(?) story, but i've never word it out like yours! i reallllly love your explanation. i love you.
anyway, i just started read this... does this manga really has romance plot...? i wanna know before i read further... (not like i will dropped tho, but, who knows)
Thank you, you're so sweet! To answer your question, the current trajectory of the story does not appear to focus on romance. Since the characters are teenagers, it isn't shocking that crushes are formed between characters, but nothing has developed significantly from it. Romance is not the central theme, though this could all be subject to change depending on the creative direction of the author!
i see~ thanks for the answer!( °∇^)]
I think a reason inherent to me being fearful of any romance forming is because in a story where romance is not central, the author can focus on developing a character’s own personality and sense of self for the readers to enjoy. Forcing romance into a story that focuses on building platonic bonds often reduces that sense of identity the author created, making the reader feel disconnected. Unfortunately, in many cases I’ve read, the female characters are at higher risk of having their character reduced to fodder for their romantic counterparts (I hope this doesn’t happen since I love Akino’s storyline). I wonder if anyone shares the same sentiment