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Originally Posted by relentlessflame

Spoiler for Volume 11 (per spoilers posted on the Net):

At the end of he story, Manami declares to Kanako that she'll ensure Kirino and Kyousuke will see each other only as normal siblings. Kirino announces to Kuroneko and Saori that she'll be going overseas for a modeling job after she graduates. Meanwhile, Ayase informs Kuroneko and Kirino that she confessed to Kyousuke. And Kyousuke himself seems ready to be the one to confess next... setting us up for the grand finale.

Spoiler:

In reading this paragraph, I'm having flashbacks of Canvas 2 - now I'm certainly welcome to the prospect of having this re-enacted a second time, if only because I'm pretty fond of the sibling relationship, and also, should this happen, it will instigate a firestorm of reactions the likes we haven't seen, well, since Canvas 2 delivered its final blow.

From the looks of it, it sounds like a major conflict is being set up here, with Manami being all Final Boss and determined to come between Kyousuke and Kirino to the end. With Kirino intending to pull herself out of the picture, and Kyousuke being the one to take the initiative of confessing this time (where have I seen this trope before? ), if Kirino is a part of that resolution, then I really like where this is going, simply because I never liked the harem aspect of this series to begin with, and it's a fitting way of adding closure to the issue that haunted both of them before the series even started.