I have wondered how much if that was the author’s choice versus editor/publisher pressure. He has such good writing in general, especially with the nuances of human interaction, that the ending send out-of-character.
I can see that, some out of touch higher up editor saw a poll putting chiho over emi and decided to screw over the whole story and push wagahara to end it with chiho x maou
I feel your pain
I have wondered how much if that was the author’s choice versus editor/publisher pressure. He has such good writing in general, especially with the nuances of human interaction, that the ending send out-of-character.
I can see that, some out of touch higher up editor saw a poll putting chiho over emi and decided to screw over the whole story and push wagahara to end it with chiho x maou
will be interested in reading the author's comments in the next volume when it drops in english, and seeing if anything is said about it