@custodes said in Seirei Gensouki Vol. 9 Discussion:
In my opinion, she is the love of Haruto whilst living as Rio, whilst Miharu is the love of Haruto whilst he was Haruto. I can only wait to see how things progress....well I do hope there is more progress.
Well, he clearly cares a great deal for both of them, though he's trying to distance himself from Miharu in ways that he's not doing with Celia. That being said, he seems to be more aware of having feelings for Miharu than Celia due to his previous relationship with Miharu. He cares for Celia but doesn't seem to think of it as being romantic in nature - at least not at present.
Given Rio's mental and emotional state, I expect that he'll pretty much have to hook up with Miharu to hook up with anyone given his trauma there. His fear of getting hurt emotionally combined with his fear of the girls getting harmed by his search for revenge seems to have made it so that he's completely closed himself off to romance at this point, much as he's getting close to several of the girls (and Celia would certainly be near the top of that list). If he doesn't open up to Miharu and resolve things with her, I question that he'll ever open up to any of them sufficiently to actually get into a romantic relationship with any of them. As things stand, it's a major roadblock for him, and something major will have to happen to resolve it.
However, given where things seem to be going with regards to Miharu, he may finally open up to her and hook up with her on some level soon, which could very well lead to him hooking up with some or all of the others actively pursuing him. Certainly, with how book 9 ended, something is going to have to happen with regards to his relationship with Miharu in book 10. The wait until July 4th is going to be a tough one. :)
I would guess that ultimately, he's going to end up with some or all of the girls who are currently actively pursuing him. The author has made a definite point of making it a world where polygamy is a thing and made it so that quite a few girls not only like him but seem to do so in a mostly harmonious manner instead of fighting over him, all of which implies that the intention is to hook him up with multiple of them, but we'll have to wait and see.
