yes exactly!! with donoue she can be herself and they go back and forth and actually have this spark between them. With nii I don’t think it’ll ever work because she idolizes him way too much and their relationship is uneven and all weird.
I really want him to eat his words and realize how awesome ririko is but I feel like even if they start dating they just won’t work together. Like she’d constantly be repressing herself and even if she wasn’t she’d be too wary for his approval and not be her badass self. And he’d be all stiff, I really don’t think they’re compatible. Compared to that her relationship with the donoue is so fresh and real! Plus I don’t think her and nii share the same values (he’s with following the norm and getting ahead, etc while she’s against the norm and doesn’t focus on personal gain). If anything I hope him and cocktail bitch get together so they can be miserable assholes together.
I just really want her to live her best life and I feel like that’s one with donoue in her life instead of nii! Though I don’t want them to start dating like now, now bc ririko doesn’t look at donoue that way at alll and he doesn’t know about her whole past and everything. They’re just in the beginning stages and I hope that the author continues to develop that!
Ughhh I really like Donoue the best, he has a funny yet cute relationship with Ririko, he knows how to value her and how worthy she would be to any man, Im sure of it, and he definetly knows her better than Nii, who is really an asshole and a spoiled brat, but at the same time he did help her in the past and I would love if he eats his pride and realices how stupid he was and what he has been missing, besides if Ririko is in love with him I wish her efforts get recompensated (and I dont want the cocktail bitch to win over Ririko)