Mayumi gave us a gold mine of reaction shots this chapter. Bless.

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SO CLOSE!

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Daichi is goated.

Natsume's whole friend group is goated.

As I suspected, there's more to Haruki than looking intimidating.

He still leans into the intimidating thing, but he's awkward too. Kinda childish.

Granted, Iroha was still within her rights to be annoyed.

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Clenching my fists so hard, THEY'RE SO FOR EACH OTHER.

Meddlers annoy me.

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There'd probably be more progress if the friends hadn't torn them apart from each other. Clearly meant to be.

One would think she'd learn some things for as long as she's lived.

Give that maid some punishment that'll actually hurt; she'll reach new levels of twisted ecstasy that pipsqueak could never provide.

Then pummel said pipsqueak.

. . . this one's pretty weird.

Oh it's here now!

This one's pretty interesting. Good balance of a school life and unsettling horror with an established looming threat on the horizon.

Next chapter: The island's fucking gone. Oops.

Natsume deserves all the friends he's got.

For anyone who wants a spoiler:

Haruki's neither as much of a nuisance nor exactly an instigator for progress. He's just a new character who happens to give Natsume-chan some more perspective, not Natsume-kun. And for anyone who wants another spoiler:

Natsume confesses within the next five or so chapters anyway.

This kouhai gets fixated obnoxiously fast with exasperating tunnel vision. Iroha's clearly miffed that he doesn't react to anyone except the Natsume's.

Meanwhile our pure boy's just being himself. Though if this manga's any indication, his appearance likely doesn't quite reflect his actual personality one-to-one.

We'll see.

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The AC knew.

Image get.

A side ship? Nice.

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So precious.

MASS UPDATE NO. 2 LESGOOO! CARRY US ALL THE WAY TO 40+!

He's so genuinely surprised!

And Shit Dog is so full of dread!

Unless that incinerators fire is fed directly from Mt. Doom, I don't think that's gonna work.

Will she realize right away, or is it foreshadowing~?

This side story is drawn so much softer than even the main manga and I fucking adore it.