Sugoonib rises...
Two things i need to point out cause i'm not seeing anyone else mention it.
I am pretty sure Maki wasn't so focused on the girls being liberated and free to express themselves so much as not wanting Akira to have such temptations around him. After their talk about his nature, it seemed to me that despite it looking like it was 95% about the girls, if you paid attention you'd see that the source of her concern was how they were all flirting with a now known predator and victim of a predator... i'm unconvinced it was as much about protecting the girls and more about protecting Akira... but it got a bit garbled in her head... i could be wrong and just be cherry picking but that was how that entire thing came across to me...
The bit i mentioned about enjoying Haruka's scene, don't get me wrong, it was not titillating or arousing for me, what i enjoyed about the comparison to Akira's subtype of predator is that Haruka was all about her own lust, she just wanted to get off, any teenage girl would do, all her words were attempts at placating Chika/Kirin to get what she wanted... and once she was between Kirin's legs she couldn't stop saying how delicious she was... this is very different to Akira cause despite the fact that, yes, he 100% is a predator, he's the kind that's searching for connection, a warped sense of love, a recreation of his own molestation... he wants to fuck, yes, but he's not into it if she doesn't consent to it, if she doesn't want it (even if he's groomed her to want it)... i ain't saying it's any better, but his subtype has some nuance, and it was interesting to see a raw and pure predator like Haruka work her game...