SaturnaliaBr
After knowing AKIO's reason.. I would say it was a complete MANIPULATION for his selfish wish...AND the way CHIYO had said I think they(HARUNA and KANAKO) are best for each other or something like that along the line...It felt like they(HARUNA and KANAKO) had feeling for each other just weren't aware..... BUT they(HARUNA and KANAKO) didn't even have feeling for each other.......So how CHIYO took part in getting them together felt like MANIPULATION from her side as well.....with how CHIYO was manipulated by her pervious friends and was about to say to MICHI how AKIO is acting right now is similar to her friends....It felt like AUTHOR-SAN shouldn't have made CHIYO help from the start to begin with...... (JUST MY OPINION: I would say AUTHOR SAN you did poor job in this part)