if Taichi and Chihaya really don’t end up together I will be completely heartbroken.
To me, Chihaya loves Arata in the way of an idol, and inspiration, and hopefully in future a best friend, and Arata loves Chihaya similiarly and also because she was the first person to really reach out to him. Whereas Chihaya and Taichi have been best friends forever, which is a kind of love in itself and a deep love at that. It would be easy for Chihaya (being Chihaya) to not realise that love had grown/changed gradually over time. Maybe she needs the distance?
Since the beginning, I’ve just felt like the whole story has been framed in a way to suggest they would be the endgame, but the more and more they go back and forth and string it out im getting nErvOusS
I love the manga and anime anyway but it would feel like a big big chunk of the heart of the story missing if they don’t get together, it would make the entire story feel a little empty in fact