This series has a very interesting premise in the turn of romance. For those that fail to fall in love end up getting reincarnated as cupids. Though interesting enough, if they meet a new quota, they can come back to life and perhaps live a life where they can find love.
For Koharu in her 2nd mission, which was the first shown, she tried to find the golden route. Essentially find the best route where the friendship within the love triangle wouldn’t falter. At the very least, the present seemed like the best situation. Though I do wonder, in the future will that come to bite her?
Though her mission was the most interesting, as before she died, her friend Aki confessed to her, and sadly, Koharu died. Of course there is no doubt Aki suffered when Koharu died because the person dying after you confessed is a punch in the gut. It’s good that there was a focus on how Aki overcame losing her best friend because that is a tough experience. It could be the true reason why it is hard for her to move on.
Though how Koharu handles picking the love for Aki is good because she still cares for who actually cares for Aki and doesn’t just love her out of lust. The cupids, in a way, have a position very much like a reader reading a romance book. We can project ourselves, and you can tell that Koharu projected herself into Sakura. There is no doubt Sakura was the one who cared for Aki the most out of the group. It gives Koharu herself the chance to give Aki happiness and lets her move on because seeing Aki depressed had to make her feel guilty.
Still the question of choosing someone for your target to fall in love with. At least there needs to be potential for love to blossom. It feels like there is agency for the person. How does the series tackle the case when you fall out of love with someone because it sounds like when a cupid picks someone, that love is set in stone? Love itself isn’t black and white.