ye shunguang is the next VH
her brother will be the free S-rank male, like how haru was during miyabi's banner in 1.x
her brother and manato will have a synergy together, and with another male A rank (probably pan) will form a viable team, just like how hugo+lighter+lycoan did in 1.x
the reason why manato is being shilled so hard in the story is because he is going to be the only paid S-rank male banner of 2.x, with the devs scaling back on the males in favor of lolies
source: pattern recognition