i have always been team kaede cuz of their chemistry and how sweet + the amount of effort kaede puts into aki and their relationship
even tho he can be bratty, he put a lot of consideration and time into how to be a better partner and friend to aki and just seems to genuinely be in love with aki more than the rest
i do like the backstory tying the two together but i wish that wasn't the trigger for aki to realize his feelings rather the story could've dove more into their present dynamics and how aki appreciates kaede's gestures and want them to only be for him instead of him just saying so at the end ((then we also wouldve gotten a longer ending :3 ))
loved this couple and the characters individually from the main story -- was always waiting for more of them (dynamics w other people or each other) and developments between their romance
and i really enjoyed how this side showed the weight of jaeyeon's feelings (him saying all these years of loving her vs her seeing him differently is just too difficult, and one date won't change that) and how nana had to come to terms with this (even tho i had my flabbs gasted with the sex reveal :0 .. like another comment said, it felt like i was watching my sister do it)
yet i don't like the end how nana hears her mother's kinda irresponsible advice and just follows it instead of taking more consideration and thought about jaeyeon and their situation
long winded and messy way of saying there was a lot of build up surrounding the gravity of jaeyeon's feelings and eventual outbrust of his feelings and i wish the ending kept that substance
(( would've felt better to me if the ending was even more open and didn't immediately dive into the consequences or how nana will eventually meet jaeyeon on more equal grounds in terms of feelings until main story or second side -- either way i think there had to be an implication and vocal acknowledgment on nana's side for this to work for me ))
was it the author's intention to make suzuki a mysterious looming figure w an unclear identity but also imply them to be female then later reveal to be male?
(( just curious cuz i loved the switch up cuz we thought junko was suzuki for a minute and then it's revealed it's some annoying dude instead of an intense but competent woman iykwim but now he's prob a hot annoying biker hunk and we're even more into it
by we i mean me









lowkey ship sega with everyone, including ebihara, circle, tashiro, mob kun from the extra