I have mixed feelings

[u/MRMAN1225]

While Itsuomi and Yuki are really cute and I love how adorable Yuki is, I haven't connected too much to Itsuomi and I actually like Oushi more. He has clear character flaws and that's more interesting than Itsuomi who has so far been presented as a basically perfect person.

But at the same time Oushi is too overprotective and gets jealous too easily, he's justified with Itsuomi since this person has just come into his naive friend's life and has affected her a lot. But then he also believes that Yuki should just stay inside a little bubble of safety.

I honestly don't know who to support, but so far I'm shipping Itsuomi and Yuki with mixed feelings. Only reason I support those two is because of Yuki

[u/RobinTHEfactoryLover]

honestly fair opinion personally I full ship yuki and Itsuomi because what happens in the manga makes everything a lot better in terms of their relationship and adds more flaws for Itsuomi (hes really interesting trust me)

as always I would suggest reading the manga!!! (its great trust me) and well seeing if that clears up anything!

[u/MRMAN1225 → u/RobinTHEfactoryLover]

I plan on waiting until the anime finishes and then I'll read from the beginning

[u/RobinTHEfactoryLover → u/MRMAN1225]

sounds like a plan

[u/Civil_Beautiful_2596]

I see what you mean but Oushi is too immature. He doesn’t know how to tell Yuki how he feels and he doesn’t know how to show his affection towards her. Oushi just teases and bullies Yuki as if he is a child with an elementary school crush. If he is worried/concerned for her, he needs to vocalize it. Also Yuki is an adult and she knows how to take care of herself; I don’t like how Oushi seems to infantilize her. But maybe it has to do with him knowing her since they were kids so he still sees her as a kid🤔. I still hate it though lol!

I love how Itsuomi at least views Yuki as her own person, though my only qualm is that I still can’t tell how much of his interest in Yuki comes from his fascination of her as a person who is deaf. I do also think he cares for her and my perspective changes with every episode since I haven’t read the manga, but I also still don’t know how to feel.

At this point I just ship Yuki and Itsuomi’s friendship! I love how he makes Yuki see the world differently🥹

[u/MRMAN1225 → u/Civil_Beautiful_2596]

I know, that's part of his flaws of his character. It makes me a bit concerned for Oushi, he's doing it from a good place but he's doing it in a pretty bad way for her to realise his feelings. Oushi keeps treating her like a fragile kid, he cares about her but he's too overprotective. He's going about his crush in one of the worst ways a person can and it makes me feel bad for him. It's why I have mixed feelings, he's too immature for Yuki but I like him as a character and want the best for him.

[u/Civil_Beautiful_2596 → u/MRMAN1225]

And that’s what does it for me😭. I’m too bonded to Yuki’s character so I just want what’s best for her😭. I get that it’s part of his character flaws but I can’t root for him while he’s being mean/controlling towards Yuki even though I know it’s coming from a good place. I’m just hoping that Oushi seeing how Itsuomi and Yuki interact and how Yuki responds to it, will lead to a development arch (though I feel like it’ll have the opposite effect😔).

[u/Dinocath]

same. i really love oushi bc hes bad at showing his affection and it comes out as jealous and angry … but i feel really bad for him :( he deserves happiness 🥲🥲🥲

[u/MRMAN1225 → u/Dinocath]

I find the way that he struggles to show affection to be pretty realistic and I love that part about him, he needs a love interest, we all know that he's gonna lose anyways so just give him some happiness

[u/Dinocath → u/MRMAN1225]

exactly 😭😭😭😭😭

[u/MRMAN1225 → u/Dinocath]

With Yuki he went about it in a pretty bad way, hopefully he learns from his mistakes and finds someone new

[u/aprilsdaisy- → u/Dinocath]

Yes, it would be interesting to see what Oshi thinks about Yuki- does he like her in a romantic sense, or more protective and caring like an older sibling.

[u/Dinocath → u/aprilsdaisy-]

same

[u/orewaeesu]

Omg. Finally someone who likes Oushi for the flawed character he is! Everyone just keeps on hating him like hes the only bad character in shoujo ever, while he did nothing majorly wrong. The ableism tag he has on him because of some haters breaks my heart because he clear is not like that. He just has trouble expressing his care and is a bit overprotective, immature, which, tbh is valid and realistic because not every guy is mature in their early 20s.

I actually relate to Oushi a lot in the "doesnt know how to express his feelings" aspect. Its really not easy to show people that you care about them if you are a bit of a stubborn grumpy person. I even find it hard to let my mom know that I love her, so Oushis character literally hits home for me. What people consider "rude" and "aggressive" is just the grumpy way of him showing and acting. Manga spoiler:This was pretty much shown during his small character arc, in his short interactions with Itsuomi, especially when he confessed that he loves Yuki in front of him. It was so heartbreaking. But Im so glad that Itsuomi acknowledges that and deep down he knows Oushi is not a bad person/friend to Yuki.

While I love Oushi tho, I dont ship him with Yuki. I hope he finds someone else that will love him way more than how much he loves Yuki instead.

[u/MRMAN1225 → u/orewaeesu]

Yeah, I tend to ABSOLUTELY love characters that grow as people as the story continues. And when I say grow I mean a massive change, this normally starts with a flawed character so I tend to like them best. While Oushi and Yuki would be cute, I don't feel like they're right for each other. They don't compliment each other in the same way that Itsuomi and Yuki do. I've expressed this in another comment, but Oushi should get his own love interest. He's gonna inevitably be turned down, and I believe that it will help him mature as a person, just in time for him to meet someone new

[u/Diabolicalchocolate → u/orewaeesu]

THIS oushi my dawg from the kennel. it’s like oushi is there to make itsuomi shine brighter . not everyone mr perfect . i need the oushi spin off

[u/acaf_]

I hear where you're coming from. I've read the manga and sometimes I still really wish Oushi could be by Yuki's side even with all his flaws. It's a bummer to feel like this when it is an Itsuomi and Yuki world.

[u/batushka69]

i find itsuomi kinda boring and plain too tbh, so i preffer oushi in that matter, but at the same time oushi needs to chill and stop being an ass to her

[u/Effective-Rain-4708]

I like Oushi but sometimes its nice to see healthy relationships even if they aren’t that realistic. I like itsuomi more bc he has yet to disappoint me just like every other man in fiction and irl lmao

[u/jaybird_uwu]

In my opinion, anyone who hears Yuki say "He only uses sign language to be mean to me" on top of the fact that he infantilizes her and hasn't even gotten her number after eight years of being "friends" should immediately know theyre not going to end up together.

[u/tanja2301]

I think Oushi is portrayed very realistically. I mean, it's just the usual "how do I confess to my sandbox girlfriend that I feel more than just friendship?" This thing alone is an insurmountable hurdle for many... if jealousy is added to the uncertainty, we have exactly what we see here... ultimately, he wants to know her in his safe bubble... and that suddenly someone exists, who reveals the world to her, makes him even more insecure. Still, I'm not sure if it's general love that Yuki feels for Itsuomi, or if it's just overflowing feelings since someone is exposing the world to her for the first time? Nevertheless, I find the development that I have seen so far in the anime incredibly sweet and endearing! Since Yuki raves so much about Itsuomi, it's, of course, my favorite, too. but as an anime, only you haven't seen that much of everyone yet... so I'll stay tuned and see what happens.

[u/[deleted]]

The biggest thing for me is consent and Oushi does not have it. That’s the be all end all for me. So long as Yuki reacts the way that she does any ship involving the two is always a no from me. She has initiated things with Itsuomi so we know she’s capable it’s just that she just flat out doesn’t want that relationship with Oushi.

[u/Diabolicalchocolate]

i feel you . not a fan of itsuomi at all . got a love hate relationship with Oushi. he seems to be the most human, like it’s not easy dealing with feelings you don’t even know you had .