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Originally Posted by Jmac

Spoiler for more Inaba thoughts:

Problem with that is she's keeping these feelings bottled up. We already know she has some sort of feelings for Taichi; how deep those feelings go, I don't know. If the beginning of the episode was any hint on her relationship she has with Taichi then it's going to be much harder for her to stay silent. Sure she can isolate herself from everyone else, lock herself in her room, handcuff herself to the bed reel and keep the cellphone away. But Heartseed already said that he'll work around those as well. Inaba may have to except the fact there's really nothing she can do when Heartseed decides to throw a monkey wrench into her plans. Yes, keeping the group dynamic the way it is a good purpose, but the longer she keeps denying herself the worse things are going to get. Better to let it all out early before things boil over and really get ugly.

In all honesty we're talking about a group of teenagers too. I really don't have much faith in keeping their emotions in check, especially the girls.

You're thinking too rationally. This is a girl who's issue in the last arc was basically 'she didn't trust anyone'. She still doesn't fully trust anyone yet so she doesn't believe that things won't get ugly if she lets her true feelings be known now