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"I'm currently on Volume 13, so I still have a long way to go... In my opinion, given how the story is progressing, a harem ending seems clearly visible, unless the author decides to give us the middle finger. But honestly, the girl I'm really drawn to and love in this series is Christina. However, unlike the other girls, I feel there's very little development in their relationship so far. I usually avoid spoilers, but I really want to know if their relationship actually grows or not. Does Christina fall in love with him, and what are Rio's feelings? I saw somewhere that this girl's arc seemingly starts around Volume 27. So, my question is: what is the current status of their relationship, and do you think she will get as close to him as the other girls—like his sister, Aishia, Celia, and the rest—and could end up with Rio in the end? Honestly, knowing this might even affect my reading pace."

My own opinion is that before Volume 12.5, I didn't really have much hope. I was even hoping that Honami would somehow see Kiyo's true face and still accept him, which actually happened. If you ask why I didn't see a chance before that, it's because Honami was just trying to get close to Kiyo without having seen his true side. Back then, I thought to myself: Does she really stand a chance? What will she do when dealing with the real Kiyo? She can't even get close enough to him right now; what will happen to her under Kiyo's plans? Will she get expelled or stay? Honestly, the end of the second year was highly stressful. But after Volume 12.5, I can confidently say this girl has a high chance alongside Suzune, Hiyori (Hiyori's fate is still uncertain), or any other girl. She has reached a complete understanding of Kiyo and is still trying to understand him even more for the sake of their relationship. She is no longer that naive girl who gives up just to avoid hurting others; she fights for what she wants. (I absolutely love that quote from Kinugasa that says if you truly love someone from the bottom of your heart, you must fight for them even if they are in a relationship). The most important point is that she has information about the White Room, which automatically binds her destiny to Kiyo's, and we saw her trying to find out more about it because understanding the White Room means understanding more about Koji. (So far, only Honami and Suzune have been trying to uncover it). Honami is even on the list of characters with a lot of monologues, and I can say she's had the best character development. Kiyotaka has said that he finds her attractive and sees unknown charms in her. Her actions and choices have been different from every other girl he has met so far, and she has repeatedly done things Kiyo didn't expect. I remember Kiyo saying 'this isn't romance, or if it is, it's not the right way' (Kiyo knows this is romance, but he hasn't experienced it and doesn't fully understand it because he only experienced a simple, uneventful high school romance with Kei). It's obvious Kiyo could easily use her for romantic goals just like Kei, but he is waiting to see what move Honami makes and what she can do to grow their relationship, because he knows if she takes action for their romantic relationship, it can be deeply impactful. Saying he has no feelings for her at this stage would be a total lie, because Kiyotaka Ayanokouji is famously known as an unreliable narrator. This is the same guy who said Suzune doesn't matter to him, even as a friend, but he actually cared about her. Or the same guy who didn't see anything special in Hiyori but is now drawn to her. And he is exactly the person who was waiting for an unexpected result in Volume 12.5, even though in previous volumes he had stated his business with Honami would be finished by the end of the second year. Sorry for talking so much, but this is my opinion and I'd love to know yours."

"To be honest, I ship Touma and Misaki, and just last night I got spoiled that Misaki betrays him in NT22R, and it absolutely devastated me. 1: Could you tell me why she did that?? And did she go back to Touma in the end?? 2: How is their relationship right now?? Does she regret what she did and want to make it up to Touma?? 3: Does she still love Touma?? And what was Touma's reaction?? P.S.: Honestly, I don't get it at all; was this for her character development or what??"

We all know how cunning Kiyotaka is, he knows that Honami has been watching them and can easily figure out that they are watching him, Koji has proven this many times. Koji's plan is clear, he also understands his feelings for Hiyori and is trying to get Honami to break her last hurdle, which is to exple someone, now Honami's only weakness is that she can't exple anyone, what better opportunity than this?? There are a few more scenarios here

Let's not forget that Koji has repeatedly developed his relationship with Kei through arguments and jealousy, he used Hiyori for the same purpose in the first year and he is still doing it now. Koji refuses to say anything about Honami when he is around Hiyori, while when he is around Honami he has no fear or hesitation about saying anything about Hiyori, what is his reason for doing this?? Does he not think that Honami might be jealous?? This is where what I said earlier comes into play with his actions. And about Hiyori's expulsion..... Kino is a person who likes surprises. I mean, he just says that Honami is going to expel Hiyori?? And is this exactly what happened??

I don't think so, maybe Honami will try to do it, but my theory is that Koji is going to exple Hiyori I interpret the chances of each as follows By Koji 80% By Honami 60% By someone else (Suzune-Ryuen-Hashimoto) 30% Kino will either take either of these paths or something that even I haven't thought of