Itās Been 2 Years Since the Kiss Arc Beganā¦ and Weāre Finally Nearing the Payoff
Chapter 79, aka the start of the āKiss Arc,ā came out exactly 2 years ago on May 1, 2023. Thatās the chapter where Yorās coworker Sharon casually tells her that a āwelcome home kissā is a normal thing between husband and wife, and all the others agree. Yor, naturally, is stunned. Itās such a small moment, but it kicked offĀ so muchĀ in terms of her internal conflict.
We also got some of the best Twiyor panels in that chapter. Yor comes home, Loid greets her like a gentleman, and she justĀ short-circuitsĀ thinking she has to kiss him. She literally faints, and Loid catches her. But in typical Yor fashion, she thinks sheās going to accidentally hurt him if she panics, so she justā¦ backflips off his arm and slams into the floor. š
Loidās trying to figure out what the hell just happened, Yor is flailing through apologies, and then we getĀ Anya, half-asleep, mumbling:Ā āThey get noisy when they kiss.āĀ Iconic.
At the time, I thought it was a funny one-off gag chapter. But nope,Ā Endo-sensei has beenĀ slow-burningĀ this plot thread for TWO YEARS.Ā And itās not just about the physical kiss. Itās about Yor becoming comfortable with her feelings for Loid, acknowledging them,Ā owningĀ them, and not being terrified by them.
If Yor manages to kiss Loid (even just a little welcome home peck), itās going to be HUGE for her. Itās not just fluff, itās a symbol of how far sheās come emotionally and physically. Because lets be honest the kiss has been on Yor's mind a lot...
In the last chapter, Yor even asked Matthew, and learned that assassins can kiss too!
So hereās my prediction:
At the end of this Garden arc, when Yor goes homeā¦ sheās going to give Loid that kiss. The one thatās been building up for two whole years
Itāll probably still be awkward, but itāll meanĀ everything.
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