I think so too. Someone made a comment on it a while ago and I agreed with them, here’s what they said:
‘Mar 14, 2021, 5:23 AM
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Personally, I don't think they do. Many times, while watching the two leads interact, I had a strong impression that this relationship was all about Hori and the more the story progresses, the more I feel like that.
First, Hori's jealousy. It's really getting out of hand at this point. Their female classmates cannot make some innocent remarks on Miyamura's good looks without Hori's jealousy flaring up and, what is even worse, she often takes it out on her boyfriend even though he has done nothing to deserve it. Now, the poor guy has to change how he interacts with his male friends too for fear of upsetting her. This shows that one, she doesn't trust Miyamura, which is quite surprising considering that he is a really nice person and he has never given her cause to doubt his loyalty or his feelings for her, and two, their relationship is not balanced since Hori holds all the power, for lack of a better term.
Secondly, Hori's kink. Just to make it clear, I'm not kink-shaming, people are free to do what they want in their house/bedroom as long as there are respect and consent on both sides. The problem here is not the kink per se, but how Hori is pushing Miyamura to behave in a way that is the polar opposite of his own nature and he's forced to do so in public. Apart from the fact that this could potentially lead to Miyamura getting in trouble, it only takes a random passerby who witnesses their interactions and misinterprets them, Hori's behaviour is also showing that she doesn't respect her boyfriend and his limits at all, even though she claims that she loves him. It has been made abundantly clear that Miyamura is very uncomfortable with the whole thing, he's not secretly liking it and just pretending he doesn't, it's truly difficult for him to act in this way towards her, but instead of accepting him as he is, she nags him about it for her own personal satisfaction.
There's no balance in their relationship at all. Hori is usually the one who makes decisions and Miyamura just goes along with what she wants. As an example, Miyamura doesn't like horror movies but he still watches them because he knows that his girlfriend enjoys them. Has Hori returned the favour? Has she ever made an effort to watch something he likes? Nope, not as far as I remember anyway. She's been shown thinking about it, but her thoughts have not translated into actions. Sure, this is a small and quite insignificant example if taken in isolation, but add it to everything else and you start to notice a pattern.
It would have been fine if the anime was genuinely trying to portray an imperfect and not quite healthy relationship, but that's not what they're doing. Everything I've written above is usually downplayed or used for humour and it's obvious that the author still wants us to ship these two. Unfortunately, it has the opposite effect on me.
What do you guys think about this? Do you like or dislike their relationship and why?’ |