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secret reciprocal feelings is such a cop-out. Soudai gives the impression of ambivalent emotions towards Haru in the face of Iwata's pursuit of him; his disdain was just so believable. and Haru honestly is a little obsessive

ironically, Soudai hurting Haru to protect him from his own mediocrity mirrors his perceived complexity as a character having such a boring rationale lol