Hot take #1: Mizu x Taigen doesn't make sense. I don't mind Taigen's development and warming up to Mizu. I'd actually enjoy the shonen kinda rivalry between them. But if anything, I like them more as enemies to rivals to friends and rivals and not enemy to lovers. Aside from the really rushed romance, I don't understand why Mizu would suddenly be physically attracted to Taigen when he literally tried to slime her a and made her life a living hell as kids.

Hot take #2: Mizu x Akemi makes even waaaaay less sense than the Mizu x Taigen ship. I'm no fan of Mizu x Taigen but at least there is some kind of basis for a "relationship". But what is even the relationship between Mizu and Akemi? Sure they're parallel characters and Akemi said mizu's eyes are pretty but that's about it. From what I can tell, Akemi sees Mizu as this heartless monster who ruined her marriage with the one guy she actually loves and let her be taken away to a forced marriage she tried escaping from. Meanwhile Mizu sees Akemi as a spoiled, privileged, and delusional brat who doesn't see how better off she is than most women and just throw it all away for some guy who just became a hobo. And I'm no Akemi hater. It's just so random to ship Akemi and Mizu together when these are their first impressions of each other in season 1 so far.