Talk:Natsuki Subaru/Relationships/@comment-188.0.169.41-20190217133744/@comment-173.21.21.159-20190220185635

Exactly my point. To be more specific, what Emilia says in arc 5 is:

"Because, I still don’t know how to love a man as a woman. Even though Subaru tells me that he loves me, I still can’t return his feelings or even give him a straightforward answer. That’s reeaaally unfair of me, and I know how much it hurts him.  But, even though I don’t know how to love someone, I’m sure someday I will. One day I will love someone as a woman. And I’ve already decided who I’ll love when that day comes. That’s why…"

Emilia does not understand the difference between familial love and romantic love; for the time being, her relationship with Subaru is platonic. Just because she intends to try to reciprocate Subaru's feelings in the future doesn't mean that she's already unknowingly in love with him.