@MicroPie kei has always been my number 1, even if she got butchered in Year 2 by kinu. She still is my number 1 and kiyokei is an amazing ship which HAD so much potential that was unfortunately completely disregarded because our lovely writer decided to make kiyo have a harem which he cockblocks everytime.
But like, horikita is different. Shes not outwardly into ayanokouji, and imo is the 3rd best cote character rn, just behind atsuomi and kiyotaka. Her development is crazy good, and her relationship with manabu was well written. Shes also been the focal point of class D for a while now, and you cant even lie, the recent vols have been good for her, even if they were garbage.
Right now its pretty much looking to be kiyozune endgame anyway, and im looking forward to that.
And if you dont wanna read everything i wrote, tl;dr is that horikita is hot asf