Am I the only one bothered by the childhood friend being gay thing, it's not so much as a teenage boy being robbed of his chances (although that is sad too, a bit like an eunuch), as much as it is how cucky? It all feels.
Childhood friends have got to be together goddammit! They've got to remember each other's fun times, how they stood up for each other when things got tough, and by the end of the show either of them remembers a promise of getting married.
It's a pure dreamy archetype, that gets everyone with even an ounce of heart!
To take that and make them both go for the middle aged teacher's cock feels…dirty, it's like NTR, except "normal", if they get their love interest by the end, how will they present them to their parents?
>"oh hello mum, this is a middle aged faggot who is also my teacher, he ain't a pedo, I like him, please accept us lol haha"
compare that to the fluttering cuteness of trying to explain to a woman whom you still call "auntie" that remembers you since you wet your pants in 3rd grade how you want to marry her daughter, all the while blushing madly and her going "ara ara" in your face & teasing you about it…but who is she to deny you? She knows from the start that you're a good boy who didn't do nothing bad and realizes how much her daughter loves you.
It makes my eyes swell with tears that this possibility is stolen, it's sad for me as someone without childhood friendships, it's sad for everyone without childhood friendships!
This is heartless.