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Character names
Kanji
Reading
Info
家頭 清貴
やがしら きよたか
ホームズ
家頭 武史
やがしら たけし
店長
家頭 誠司
やがしら せいじ
オーナー
真城 葵
ましろ あおい
Main character
上田
うえだ
Childhood friend of 店長, regular
美恵子
みえこ
Owner of the shop diagonally across, often comes to enjoy some coffee
I only read a bit of the first part.
I didn’t expect 秋人 to be still here (doesn’t he live in Tokyo on top of that?)
Anyway, as much as I enjoy 葵 getting all the guys, I feel like I should complain about the fact that there’s no obvious reason why (since, you know, I complained about the male self-insert character getting all the girls in other series, I feel like I should do it here too for “fairness” although I don’t really mind in this direction… kinda showing my biases I guess).
So far, everyone is just flirting with her/teasing her, which is not that unrealistic, imo. None of them have made any serious moves on her. I am more forgiving along those lines. It’s not like they completely loose all senses as often happens in the reverse, imo.
I disagree on that point for ホームズ. Going on dates is serious in my book. It doesn’t mean it will necessarily lead to anything in the end, but at the very least, an attempt was made. 秋人 does feel like the kinda guy who would hit on any girl in sight. 葵 is a bit young, but sure.
I got confused about you mention that “everyone” is hitting on her, but then I remembered that the owner did that. That being said, I didn’t even take it seriously in that case. I can’t remember anyone else.
Yes, percentages dependent on the reader application… they don’t match with the one I currently have either. That’s why chapter/parts are the actual standard.
I’m gonna go out on a limb and assume that 葵 misinterpreted the message from the cup (or at least missed crucial parts) and that it doesn’t mean what she thinks it means.
Otherwise, not gonna lie, both 和泉 and the boyfriend sound like walking breathing piles of red flags. They are made for each other.
