This is the point in the shrine visit where the mangakas often decide to use foreshadowing. Yes the mangakas are using the little slips of paper that are supposed to indicate that happiness level of events that will happen in the future to indicate what'll happen to the protagonists relationship later in the story. Totally couldn't guess that they would do that right? Seriously, the first time I read a shoujo manga with a New Years shrine visit I immediately knew the fortunes would be used for foreshadowing, it's so obvious. Then, I got to see the same blatant foreshadowing used in every single New Years chapter in nearly every shoujo manga I read. What can I say, I like my foreshadowing to be subtle and to actually be challenged to think
