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It seems that the manga will end in June. The manga artist apparently posted about it on Twitter, but the tweet has since been deleted. My guess is that the artist accidentally revealed the planned ending before the official announcement and then removed the post afterward.

From what we know so far, the adaptation will most likely end around Volume 4 of the original light novel, and there are apparently only about 4 chapters left until the finale.

Even though the manga isn't serialized weekly, updates are expected to return to a weekly schedule starting next week, so it looks like the series will finish with one chapter per week until the end.

Please give songs that you think Satsuki-san would:

listen to

relate to

or is related to what happens to her in the story!!

Thank you!!

https://x.com/ap3u0/status/2057081319784583494

https://x.com/konomi\_150/status/2056678373590761605

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This is mentioned in the short story included with the Volume 1 Blu-ray, though parts of it were also referenced in Volume 4 of the novel.

Mai fell in love with Renako on the very first day of school.

At the time, Mai was scared that she wouldn’t be able to make friends and was quietly struggling with feelings of loneliness — even though her longtime childhood friend Satsuki was in the same class as her.

Because Mai was already a famous model, her classmates found her intimidating and had trouble approaching her naturally.

But Renako was different.

Renako walked right up to Mai and asked, “Will you be my friend?”

At that moment, the loneliness inside Mai seemed to melt away like falling snow.

On her way home that day, Mai talked to Hanatori about Renako and treated that encounter as something truly special from the very beginning.

That was when Mai experienced her first love toward the person who reached out to her first.

What makes this even more interesting is that Ajisai witnessed the moment when Renako spoke to Mai. That encounter later became one of the reasons Ajisai started becoming interested in Renako as well — but that’s a topic for another post.

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(Art by mesugakisaikou)

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I yearn for slice of life Watanare. In my mind, after they've gotten the whole engagement thing sorted out and the relationships in the show have reached a stable place, we'll have wholesome, peaceful, daily-life watanare🌝

Like HoriMiya but poly yuri😖🤌

On the way home from school, Kaho asks Mai if she has a boyfriend. Mai says no.

Kaho then basically goes, “If you’re free… then how about me?”

But Mai replies with: “Is what you really want actually me?”

At that moment, “lens Kaho” appears inside

Kaho’s head, shouting things like:

“Money” “Approval” “Follower count”

Then Kaho’s inner “glasses Kaho” appears and tells her: “What you really want is XX.”

After that, Mai says that what she wants is genuine “love.”

The scene feels like it’s emphasizing that both Mai and Kaho are ultimately searching for real love.

Kaho brushes aside her inner glasses Kaho with her hand and keeps walking while muttering: “Love, huh…”

Then she suddenly realizes: “Wait… did I just get rejected?”

Meanwhile, Mai laughs and crosses the street.

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Personal Thoughts

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Mai This bonus manga really reinforced the feeling that the only person Mai truly loves is Renako.

The only person Mai genuinely sees value in keeping by her side is also Renako. She really feels like a girl whose entire emotional world revolves around Renako.

Personally, this made me feel even more strongly that a Mai --> Satsuki direction is impossible. Even if Satsuki has been Mai’s childhood friend for 10 years, the person who actually changed Mai and made her experience love was clearly Renako, someone she’s known for less than a year.

Kaho Back in Volume 5, Kaho said she didn’t really understand love.

But this chapter makes it seem like her inner “glasses Kaho” (possibly her true self) already understands that what she actually wants is love.

Maybe Kaho’s story will also develop into something similar to Satsuki’s arc — wanting to understand what love really is.

3. Mai × Kaho

Kaho approaching Mai here felt less like genuine romantic feelings and more like she was approaching her because of things like follower count and money. Outside of that, it honestly didn’t feel like Kaho had much emotional interest in Mai herself.

And Mai basically indirectly rejects her by saying that what she wants is “real love.”

Because of that, I honestly feel like their relationship will probably stay like this until the end of the series.

Since Kaho ↔ Mai don’t really seem to have that much interest in each other, a mutual romantic relationship between them feels unlikely to happen.

After reading this episode, I also started thinking that the ending might not actually be a full five-person poly relationship.

I once saw someone say that the series might go for more of an “overlapping poly” structure instead, and after this bonus manga, that theory honestly feels even more possible to me.

Something like:

Mai - Renako - Ajisai
Kaho - Renako - Satsuki

So instead of all five being together equally, it could end up splitting into two connected three-person groups.

Especially because the official “immoral” Kaho - Renako - Satsuki doujin is apparently getting a sequel, which makes that possibility feel even more believable to me.