[ThereminVox]

Meido-chan is best girl.

The triangle, infuriating as it is, is still one of the most skillfully developed plot elements of the show, at least in terms of how it's structured. Mashiro's outlook is clearly closer to Sorata's ideals -- and he says as much to Nanami during the summer fireworks -- but they are very careful to show that Sorata not only admires both girls, but genuinely cares about them, and not just in that BS anime protagonist "he's-kind-to-everyone" sort of way.