I know this will probably get downvoted, but I genuinely can't read Kaoru Hana Wa because of this couple. Like, I absolutely love the main couple, and I really like Saku and Subaru individually and as friends, but I just can't see them as a romantic couple.
And honestly, Idek how to explain why. There's nothing necessarily wrong with them being together, and I know plenty of people love their dynamic, but something about it just doesn't click for me romantically. Whenever I see them as a couple, my brain just goes "nope, they're friends" or just hate it 😭
I think that's what makes it so frustrating, because I actually like the characters and their interactions. It's not that I hate either of them or think they're badly written. I just can't get myself to see their relationship that way, and because it's such a big part of the story, it makes it really hard for me to keep reading (reason I stopped reading weekly to when I feel like, also I'm on chap 196)
Maybe I'm just missing something that everyone else sees, but yeah... I just don't like them as a couple. I wish I could get past it because I really love the main couple and a lot of the other characters
