Thread:AlexanderImAlsoGr8/@comment-44913534-20200926062248/@comment-44913534-20200926103222

Let me put this in bullet point perhaps it would make understanding between us easier... 1. Mutual affection- in the ship page and character pairing it would imply romatic affection on 2 sides when we only see one character feeling that deeply. He doesn't treat her differently, etc. 2. Affection- in this stance wouldn't soma also be seen by other ships as having affection for other girl characters like megumi since he is affectionate to her too ( stands up for her, cares about her well being, inspired her to cook and overcome shyness clap hands scene, tells her about his mom in the anime, and is constantly there for her and her for him, etc.) as she is to him and again in her case it was one sided. 3. Erina is hinted at but the ending is open and we don't see that 'affection that grows into love' for soma. In manga erina is still trying to admit to herself her 'feelings' which are obvious as opposed to anime which are confirmed. A mutual affection in this case would imply love in this scenario hence my disagreement. 4. A romatic tint... he called her beautiful because it was an observation, he also stood under the moon with megumi on the balcony and complimented her on her hospitality and achievements as a chef. And Erina always scowled at him and she was finally smiling, and again everyone said she was beautiful. She had 'close moments with hisako borderline romantic'( entry exam scene and in anime end of season 4 with hearts and everything') and they are 'mutually affectionate does that mean they are ' interested in one another that way'. As for the his comment in the manga and anime= Asahi said he will beat soma as first seat bragging and that then he will 'claim erina' as his bride and be the best chef, etc. Soma angry at being underestimated told him not to look down on him and to get in line for her Erina and her tongue that its damn useful and the one to claim them is him ( no romance whatsoever, he wants to beat her, prove himself as a chef and use her tongue to critique his dishes). I love Erina as a character and even gush at her cute tsunder side and while I would have been happy for her either way, again I have nothing against her. I was never arguing about canonicity I agreed with you I'm merely explaining how a mutual affection in a shipping het pairing is considered 'romatic' not like comparing to a mutual affection between other relationships like friendship, etc. and that the affection you are implying would mean they both are having 'love feelings ' which only erina has ( the only one confirmed)