all around and away we go

She had already given up those feelings before yuki and zero got together, There is no need for baseless accusations when the situation is clear. She didn’t want to take him away from her; she actually wanted to be rejected so she could let her feelings go.

He was neither her mother's husband nor her boyfriend. She simply had feelings for a man who was nice to her as kid, A child calling someone “dad” does not automatically mean he is her biological/atep dad.

Your interpretation is however you feel like it is but also… you don’t need to insult someone for having a different take than yours.

So, in the end, if you don’t like an interpretation that opposes your own.. perhaps you should.. ignore it?

People are free to disagree with you. That's not harassment, that's discussion

If someone points out flaws in an argument, that's not "malicious intent." That's what happens when opinions are posted publicly.

You don't get to reduce an entire debate to "be nice" whenever someone challenges your reading of the story.

So by that logic, future relationships can rewrite the past now?

Interesting. I didn't know chronology stopped existing whenever people wanted to make an argument.

I think it’s so funny that this post only got the number of likes that it did because of this stupid back and forth xD it’s truly telling how bored the fandom (OR SHOULD I SAY YOU) is.

At the end of the day you’re the one who got triggered and decided to rudely reblog my post and start all this shenanigans over a piece of fiction! I don’t have the time or effort to continue going back and forth with you when this is literally what you live for. So again, have a nice day! & for future reference when you want to start a conversation or discourse with someone don’t start by belittling them and insulting them! Maybe that’ll help you out! :D

She had already given up those feelings before yuki and zero got together, There is no need for baseless accusations when the situation is clear. She didn’t want to take him away from her; she actually wanted to be rejected so she could let her feelings go.

He was neither her mother's husband nor her boyfriend. She simply had feelings for a man who was nice to her as kid, A child calling someone “dad” does not automatically mean he is her biological/atep dad.

She had already given up those feelings before yuki and zero got together, There is no need for baseless accusations when the situation is clear. She didn’t want to take him away from her; she actually wanted to be rejected so she could let her feelings go.

He was neither her mother's husband nor her boyfriend. She simply had feelings for a man who was nice to her as kid, A child calling someone “dad” does not automatically mean he is her biological/atep dad.

We like to use the terms to describe Yuuki’s love for either men but why not reverse it? I’m willing to bet Hino’s inside meta joke, her true intention of naming the girls those terms was not to indicate YUUKI’s romantic feelings for either men but THEIR romantic feelings for HER.

However! Only when you put both names together to be “ren’ai” is when it’s in context to YUUKI’S affections for both men. Since the term “ren’ai” is the complete package word usage for romantic love that is equal—requited. It’s a sickening twist to tell the readers, “haha, she loves them both equally—suck it.” Since it’s so much easier to hide behind such a term when you put both names of the girls together to encompass Yuuki’s feelings. It’s always the evasion to answer the question, “who she loves more?” Cause she doesn’t have to answer that question when you put the names together—she loves them equally, mutually.

Though, lemme break this down through the male love interests.

Zero IS in love with Yuuki, there is no familiar attachment for him—thus, Koi—this type of love is only used for romantic partners exclusively. Koi is used in words for unrequited love, too—which is how Zero’s love for Yuuki was since the beginning. Koi is a wanting, selfish love, of first, young love, of falling in love, it’s used for infatuation, of the start of being in love. Zero and Yuuki’s relationship is kind of selfish since they went against social norms to be together—at least because they were not meant to be since they were on opposite sides of societal social standings. However, despite all odds, Zero wanted to be with her.

While Kaname’s love for Yuuki is the term, Ai—it has the nuance of admiration, familiar love but also romantic interest. Ai isn’t a mutually exclusive term like Koi is when it comes to romantic love since it can be used to describe love between family and friends, too. It’s all mixed up for Kanaki since they’re family—descendants—they grew up first as siblings when Yuuki was born, but also promised fiancées. Ai is a giving type of love, it can develop deeper in context of romance. In Hino’s eyes, her ending narrative of Kaname made him out to be “always living for someone else” thus Hino’s use of a “giving” type of love. In general, it’s definitely got a double entendre that leads some credence to how brazen Hino used it for them.

When you see Ai in context of other phrases or terms, it doesn’t necessarily mean equally or mutually received in return, though.

It’s only when you put Koi and Ai—Ren’ai, that it means two people equally, mutually are in love. Hilarious, really.