I’m totally with you and all the things you mention are the reason I dropped this from my reading list, both protagonists are frustrating and they don’t seem to change for the better. Uka constantly forgiving every psycho who comes her way and Kai constant lack of emotions. But I guess is a cultural thing and being a passive girl with a “Tsundere” guy is the norm on many shoujo mangas
Super agree u.u I actually had to leave my phone and take a breather when I saw that Uka had to reach out to Ami to COMFORT HER? (⊙…⊙ ) what kind of insanity is this!
Japan's culture surely is beyond my understanding sometimes (￣∇￣") it cannot be healthy to be brushing these kind of things under the carpet
This, the more I dig about Japan social cultural norms, the more shocked and frustrated I get but at the same time it makes me understand why so many crazy situations( like protagonists always forgiving aggressive and toxic behavior)is kind of normalized.
I totally agree with you. They kind of communicate, but at the same time, they really don’t. Kai acts like he barely knows who he’s dating, and Uka’s lack of confidence is obvious. She’s trying to work on it, but they’re dragging this out way too much. Honestly, a little reassurance from the start would’ve gone a long way. The moment he noticed her insecurity about the other girl, he could’ve simply said, “I love you, I don’t care about her, so please don’t think otherwise.” But no, that’s apparently too much for him, so he drags it instead.
What makes it worse is that he’s clear with the other girl about not being interested, yet his behavior still gives her hope. Like, would it really have been so hard for Kai to just ignore her, or straight up say, “I have a girlfriend, so back off”? It’s infuriating. With them it’s always one step forward, three steps back.
And don’t even get me started on the side characters. Why do they never get the slap they deserve? Why are these forced “friendships” constantly shoved down our throats? And why does Uka always have to be the one to comfort or initiate with these weirdos? I get that she’s nice, but there’s a fine line between kind and just plain pathetic.
You're so right ╥﹏╥ its just exhausting. How are we supposed to match the "Miura is crazy about Uka" image with his actions? its just such a disconnect.
And the friendship thing makes me so mad too! Why are we telling people to befriend such horrible human beings? If someone deserves a second chance they should work for it, but its always exclusively on Uka's side u.u I can't even defend her anymore, and it breaks my heart because this was one of my favorite shoujos for a long time
Like I know this is a successful series so the author must be milking it for economic stability or something, but she's ruining her baby!
You summed it up perfectly. When I first found this story years ago, it was cute. Now, I’m older and with a wider perspective, and Kai is just not IT. From the beginning, he should’ve gotten Ami to cut that shit out. His attitude kept encouraging her delusions and he did absolutely nothing to help Uka feel better. I love Uka as a person, but as you said, she’s seriously too much of a pushover. She’s a complete doormat. This last update just pissed me off. I’m only reading this now to see how it ends after devoting my time getting this far.
On top of that, I hate the string of girls who find Kai attractive. Where are the people that find Uka attractive and fall for her? It’s a childish thought, but I feel like we needed a rival that kicks Kai right in the ass to stop being an ass.
For real, why do they keep nerfing Uka’s character development (￣∇￣") let a girl grow some backbone and stand up for herself, she needs that not only for her relationship but for her life. At this point she’ll be nice person people take advantage off when she enters the working space u,u
Also, if it were me and I saw Kali not doing anything to comfort his girlfriend so many times, that’d instantly kill any attractiveness he has lol he’s doing bare minimum and people around in school act like he’s such a saint for liking Uka.
I also feel like the author’s same face syndrome makes Uka’s mistreatment so ridiculous because what do you mean she’s ugly when she looks like everyone else? She said actually super cute? Serina and Uka have the same face even, just different hair styles lol like I LOVE the art style, but storytelling-wise it really demands the audience turn off their eyesight and brain to not question people thinking Uka is plain and ugly ^^’
literally said everything i wanted to say it annoyed me so bad
IKR? This fandom’s blood pressure must be off charts (￣∇￣") and I fear we’re in for a long run because I got the last released volume released on japan when I traveled and it was volume 24 back in 2023... and it was not the end of the story type so, I think we’re behind by like 8 to 10 volumes now on 2025 here ^^’
I feel like the longer this gets, the more the author messes up with the characters. At this point, im tired of every arc resetting everything they've accomplished as a couple to 0. Kai was distant and kind of a dick at the beginning, and that worked because they were first year children, and single. Him being an ok boyfriend was fine at the time, but after 2 years dating he is so stand off-ish at times that I honestly think Uka is heading into a very dangerous path of devoting her 100% only to get like 5% from him.
I'm sure the author has this very glittery picture of A Knight in Shining Armor when she makes Kai save the day at the last minute and show his "love" for Uka, but after SO MANY plot points of the same thing happening, it just comes off as a "here, damn it" moment. From a reader's point of view, it reads as Kai not caring until he can't ignore it anymore. His suave persona just doesn't hit the same when we've seen his girlfriend try her absolute best to make things work and be understanding, and he's just there thinking "what? they're hitting on me? well, uka doesn't seem to have anything to say so whatever". It's not a matter of she says it or not, it does not make for an appealing ML to have him act the same way he did as when he was single. Like with this last arc, Kai acted as if it was insane that Uka doubted his feelings. He's just so sure she should be understanding bc he kisses her like once every 10 chapters, but what he should be doing is enforcing and enforcing his boundaries with Ami. He said he didn't like her and she didn't understanding? OK, we've established she's a delusional creep. so what can we do? He should stop talking to her at all, if just being a decent person is what's making her understand the wrong message. He sees how with a mere greeting she gets bolder and bolder, and yet he not only does nothing when he clearly knows it bothers Uka even when she doesn't say anything, but he keeps giving a psycho more material to fuel the delusion. for example, taking her side when she was confronted by Uka's friends: no one said anything wrong nor threatened her, they didn't push her into a corner, they just told her "Enough is enough. this is getting crazy" and what? Kai says "omg you 3rd years ganging on this innocent 1st year"? Bullshit. She's been shown to be bold and shameless towards trolls on the internet, this is nothing to her. And then author makes Kai take her side and expect us to think Uka is an idiot for doubting herself? plz
And when it comes to Uka I fear I've also come to be disappointed with her character progress. I don't know what it is with Japanese mangakas that they always seem to confuse being kind to being a pushover. Being kind is helping others, yes, and Uka does it and its really cute. But letting others trample over you and just accommodate to others to not make things awkward is not being kind, and I fear thats also a very dangerous message to give. Uka constantly lets others walk all over her and its portrayed as something noble, when it is not. its very sad and pitiful and no one should aspire to be like that.
And talking about dangerous, ill mention the deranged character they introduced this past update: the influencer. Again, I fear she was also born from a minscontructed idea the author has of what it means "being true to yourself". Being you doesn't give you the right to hurt others. If she wanted Ami to be liked and forgiven by her audience, she shouldn't have portrayed her as a disgusting pick me. Author actually did pretty well the first time with Serina: she is flashy, bubbly and pretty. And people like her because being "privileged " didn't make her a prick... which is what happened with Ami. Author made a "look at her, she's a fighter! a warrior of love! we all have crushes, you can't blame her" which, no, she's free to have a crush, what she's not free to do is stalking and being disgusting to her crush. There was also this parallel where they showed Ami being stalked, and it was portrayed as something negative (as it should be) but at the same time, Author wanted us to forgive and like Ami, who was doing the same, or even worse, to Kai AND Uka? Author tried to wish wash what Ami did because she got hate only for GETTING BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE IN A LOVING RELATIONSHIP. That's the most valid call out I've ever seen in my life, and author wants us to think she's being bullied online? she's not. people have no issue with her having a crush, they rightly got angry because she acted like a total jerk who was entitled to be with her crush just because she wanted to, despite being rejected and told to tone it down multiple times. This is not a "forgive her, she's in love" matter, this was stalking, and caused emotional distress on people. its disgusting. And she didn't feel one bit sorry about it. she just felt for herself. this is not something a character can recover from, like with Nano. It's borderline a crime (considering she uploaded faces to socials without consent too).
I wish it could have had a satisfactory solution, like it happened with the bullies: Uka forgived them after a long trial of events, but they were punished for their acts. That was a good resolution. Uka should not have to forgive Ami. SHE IS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING AND INSANE. it also sets back Uka as a character and I would understand people hating on her: the whole point of the story was that Uka got more confident, and her love made her better, but I think author forgot about it and just keeps making Uka a pushover over and over again to keep the story running.
Whatever has the author been thinking with these last updates, seriously?
Anyways, sorry for my TED Talk, I just needed to vent. I'd love to hear what others think about the progress of this story too! ヾ(☆▽☆)