Talk:Aqua/Relationships/@comment-39678954-20190602201336

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Author did imply there'd be future romantic development between Aqua and Kazuma when he said in the Vol 13 epilogue of the LN

"Now then, this volume is mostly focused on Wiz and Vanir. They have a relationship much like Aqua and Kazuma, but one of them is genderless, so it won’t ever become a romantic comedy"

In the WN, the final arc revolves around Aqua and Kazuma. First it was a long quest to retrieve her. Then Kazuma willingly risked everything he had by challenging a far more powerful demon king to a 1 on 1 battle away from his allies, because Kazuma thought defeating him was the only way to make Aqua happy. His original mission was only to retrieve Aqua, but sensing the sorrow she was hiding changed his mind. He decided to do so despite Aqua warning him she probably won't be able to resurrect him if he loses. In the afterlife after the final batttle, Kazuma implied Aqua was the main heroine. It then ended on a Kazuma and Aqua moment that many of you already know about from summaries. Aqua being the only girl who could persuade him to fight the Demon King, then running away in Vol 15 of the LN was the setup for all that to replay itself in the LN. LN may expand WN scenes, add new content and arcs, but it's still following the WN's main storyline as we can see from the latest volume. Their bond will only strengthen in the upcoming storyline after Kazuma finally catches up to her and they reunite. If we don't get a harem ending, I can totally see Aqua pull a last minute victory. Merely expanding the Aqua scenes and dialogue in the original ending and epilogue could lead to a victory for her.