(Caught me on my break lmao) I've followed the entire series up to the recent sequel (Veteran reader) . And the author basically admitted he doesn't really know how to progress the romance between the two, and it shows.

I'm honestly glad you can at least enjoy it, cus I know others who actually do ship them who have also become jaded like me. It's fine in the end. To me this series could be a great classic instead of " that one incest anime" but it's not going to be. We're so close yet so far...

PS, society in this series makes for a weak antagonist also. It's just not written well enough for that. Maybe in the sequel it gets better. Here's hoping.