[rpapo]

Originally Posted by for3ver

question... directed at rpapo...
have you read all 3 of the novels?
if so... does kouko remain loyal to mitsuo?
or does she give up on him and go for banri?
if so.. im dropping it right now...

Actually, my reading is at about the same pace as my translating, so I don't really know much more than what I've posted to Baka-Tsuki at any given point in time. I have all three books, in paper form, but apart from the AfterWord from volume 3 which I just translated so as to discover whether there will be a volume 4 or not, I've not done anything past volume 1 yet. And I've got 50 pages left to go in that book.

From what others have told me, and from what I can see from peeking a little into the next two books (and there apparently will be a fourth, at least),

Spoiler for Golden Time: Who is Linda?:

Linda was Banri's girlfriend before his accident. In fact, she is the vice-captain mentioned in the prologue of the first volume, which in the Japanese text has her name and gender completely hidden by the author.

I'm rooting for Linda. Kouko is 200% self-centered, and appears to care nothing about anything but herself. The story may yet redeem her, but I have seen no evidence of that so far.