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exactly! everytime it looks like the story's gonna focus on mafuyu and ritsuka a side couple gets the center stage, first with akihiko/haruki/ugetsu and now the whole thing with hiiragi/shizusumi. it would be okay if the main couple got their story flowing alongside the side couple's but they get shoved to the corner.
I actually always wanted to see this couple develop so I don't mind but I agree that in general they are dragging the Yuki part of this story wayy too much. The thing is that it would not be a bad thing IF we could see some Mafuyu/Ue development but we DON'T see that. If we didn't focus SO MUCH on other characters (more like their relationships) and continued to develop Yuki and Mafuyu/Ue as a central part of the story with side character on the, well, side, then I think ppl would be more satisfied.