>>47544174*The kiss scene is indeed meant to be Serena kissing Satoshi, and his reaction to it is surprised awe, any ambiguity the scene has is so they could get it on TV in the first place.
*Likewise,you're meant to hope and assume the two of them are going to become a couple later.
*The idea to have aromance subplotapparently came from producer Shukichi Kanda, who came up with the idea of portraying things through a female lead's admiration for Satoshi, which then led to the suggestion that they'd have a flashback to achildhood meeting withromantic implications.
