Last Game Chapter 18 Discussion

S_Anne said:
Did Yanagi had girl friends before?? Or they're just his girl-friends?? I'm really confused!! But I wish they're just his girl-friends! I really want Kujou to be his first and last~ :">

Ragix said:
Hes had 'girlfriends' but as we saw in this chapter, he tries to show them off in front of Kujou to get her attention. My guess is he tried using the girls to make her jealous, but seeing as how it didn't work, he stopped dating and is keeping himself single hoping for an opening from Kujou.(Although this time it looks like it's working.)

Lelouch22 said:
This chapter was decent, but largely forgettable, aside from Kujou’s introspective uncertainty and the fleeting glimpse of her refreshingly lighthearted jealousy. The most significant and seemingly avoidable flaw that continues to linger throughout every single chapter since the twelfth is the unfortunate tendency for Amano to intentionally stray from focusing solely on Yanagi and Kujou’s relationship for one singular chapter, or, at the very least, for the majority of a chapter. Lately, however, there’s been a consistent reliance on illustrating a balance within the narrative, at least in regards to the characters, which is highly unnecessary and tedious, since none of the secondary characters, aside from Shiori to an extent, are nearly as enjoyable or compelling as both Yanagi and Kujou.

Tachibana appears to be, so far, another irritating and poorly written “rival”, yet, unlike Souma’s unnecessarily prevalent involvement in the narrative, hers could actually foreshadow and eventually lead to an essential progression within the story, since it will likely, at the very least, motivate Kujou into accepting or even simply realizing a fragment of her feelings for Yanagi, which would be an immensely satisfying development, since her density, though consistently enjoyable, does certainly tend to prevent her relationship with Yanagi from developing in a substantial fashion.

In fact, though Souma differs from Tachibana considerably, they’re both prone to indulging their seeming lust for manipulation. Despite Tachibana providing an elevated opportunity for Kujou’s development, her personality is rather insufferable, particularly due to the manner with which she continuously connives beneath a deceptively sweet façade. She hasn’t become excessively intolerable yet, but I’m hoping her prominence (and Souma’s as well, for that matter) doesn’t continue to lengthily fester, since the narrative has partially lost focus and intrigue as of late. As such, I’d greatly prefer the next chapter to focus on a romantic vignette in Kujou and Yanagi’s relationship, but, due to Tachibana’s recent introduction, I’m doubting that possibility even exists at the moment, unfortunately.