>>127389083Them being together is an ancient plot point, it's really weird now that the comic moves at a snail's pace compared to the time it's set in, like we can't get new characters of plot points that aren't out of double nowhere and some characters/plot points are decidedly put down (like Tess going to college and not showing up anymore or the Alejandro stuff that's only mentioned every 5 chapter with Augustus), if the comic is to keep going forever then it will get even more boring, but I digress back to the Paulo Daisy chapter, it is shit because nothing happens and the weeb stuff takes more attention and screen time out of everything else thus feeling more like the A plot than the ship which likely is only being "slightly" "hinted" at, I don't dislike the ship nor do I think they wouldn't work together within the realm of logical possibilities, but as you mentioned it wouldn't work as thing stands, Paulo now isn't the one who took care of Alegria, he's a battered almost-adult manwhore who went through a lot of melodrama half of it done by him the other half done by white cat, Daisy only ever liked the middle school Paulo and it was never (if at all) hinted that Daisy had a thing for him after they got to HS, they both left a relationship relatively recently, with Paulo in particular having drooled dreaming about this girl he fucked once before she tried to off herself, with Daisy being hinted at still having a crush for Augustus and lustful wishes (that is if being screamed at by Lucy didn't literally fucking remove these traits from her).
tl;dr This really is a chapter about weebs.