So I'm curious after having a debate elsewhere - how did people feel about the final scene between mc, Vi, ari, and Sai? Were they pissed he was even there? or did it flow well, or what?
I'll be very honest here, I am not a fan of the Sharing, NTS, and even less NTR themes, in the first place.
I am, by definition, your very "usual" enjoyer of boring vanilla, harem and stepcest themes.
However, this scene and in retrospect all the ones leading to it from the previous chapters (Ari's teasing phone conversations with Eric, Sai opening up to him at the park, admitting that he was leaning into this role more and more, and so on...) have been carefully crafted to help us witness how Sai slowly gets to embrace this new kink of his.
He might not have fully realized it yet, but it is getting clear that he will get more and more gratification from the feelings of loss of control, shaming, and so on, that Ari imposes on him.
And at the same time, we can witness the opposite transformation of Eric, who at first is reluctant to "inflict" that to his friend, but is getting quite elated on the domination and claiming aspect of it all.
In this scene, neither of them truly embraces their feelings and desires, but we can sense that they are starting to trip on the other side of the fence, pushed by the very strong Ari-Vi duo.
To me, it acts as a pivot, where both of them get to come to the realization of what they want, deep down.
MNGF plays, before anything else, with the idea of corruption and embracing repressed or newly found desires and kinks.
I'm looking forward, as much as you are, to what the future holds for these characters.