Talk:Chapter 43/@comment-33891790-20190430065118/@comment-26567684-20190504192434

You can’t control who you fall in love with. It was apparent that Kokoro had feelings for Mitsuru early in the series but Futoshi, who idolized her and out her in a pedestal as a beautiful, innocent, and gentle girl whom he loved, failed to notice. In the partner shuffle, that’s when he was blindsided by her choice to break off their partnership in favor of pairing up with Mitsuru. Futoshi wondered if she thought of him as pathetic and didn’t know what he did to make her separate from him.

However, once he learned to face reality -that she didn’t reciprocate his feelings and he was nothing but a dear friend to her- he accepted the situation and resolved to remain her friend and be there for her, even if not being her partner and not having her affection caused him pain. All he wanted was to see her happy, even if the object of her happiness was Mitsuru.

He wouldn’t have took the task of being the priest at MitsuKoko’s wedding, by his own choice, and he wouldn’t have refused to go back to being Kokoro’s partner after her and Mitsuru’s memory wipe. Her happiness mattered more to him than having her love.

As for the manga, I have no doubt MitsuKoko will end up together again but how (such as their first kiss, confession, sleeping together, wedding, and baby) is up for debate as the manga continues. I think there is a tiny possibility Yabuki will bypass the memory wipe or their memories will return if it does happen.

Chapter 44 comes out on May 19, which is the first anniversary of the MitsuKoko wedding episode. So maybe, Chapter 44 will have MitsuKoko moments, or the partner shuffle we have been waiting for.