This feels like a chapter that sets the scene for the next 5-15 chapters. It does show how Loid has done his homework, and is prepared for opportunities. Anya is looking to help while thinking "Dad never stops working." Yor on the other hand accidentally possibly lands the biggest win.

Should I mention the manga "We never learn?" There the mangaka chose the least likely girl for the ending, disappointing many readers. Surprising everyone again, he then did two more endings for the most likely girls, finishing with two more endings for the two women in-between. I found the multiple endings fulfilling in themselves, if I never saw the rest of them, but found the concept as a whole to be cheap. He should have just chosen one and gone with it. I didn't think the first ending was bad...

The author is likely setting up a situation where the female assailant is neutralized, the girls and the other father are saved, and there is a reconciliation with apologies, setting many things right from the start of this manhua. That is the literary path of least resistance.

Ban may be amazed by the locavore dishes, but the restaurant he works at has countervailing advantages. You're not limited to what is locally available today. Figuratively, you can paint with a much bigger palette. I would would rather do what Ban is doing than Kizaki. A great chef can take ingredients that are less than the best and do amazing things with them.

Those plucky guys are performing at a high level! Scoring with two outs takes talent!

That is what a married life should be like.

Earlier planning has paid off!

This reminds me of Overgeared in a way, as Grid also is meritocratic, and does not favor one ethnic group over another.

There are elements of the this story that are similar to the "realist hero" manga... think the title is "Genjitsushugisha no Oukokukaizouki."

This manga is similar to my marriage with my wife. My wife can cook, but I am the better cook. She loves my cooking. We are still happy together after 38 years.

Daddy has many worries, and would like nothing better than a quiet meal at home with his family... seeing them healthy, and unworried.

And so the arc comes to an end. Ban wins.

This is probably one of the fastest and most direct starts to a romance manga that I have ever seen. He confesses, and she immediately strongly counter-confesses.

What do you think? Next episode(s) will unveil the cheating.

Manager Kim fights for the good. If he were really interested in money or power, this manhwa would have been far different long before now.

Urek and Baam will clean this place up!

A few people have been commenting on not seeing Saitama. His last sighting was near the end of chapter 197, though at least four times since then, various characters have thought about him. In some ways, Saitama has become like like Blast early in OPM -- great reputation, you want him to show up, but he is not there.

Saitama is OPM, Over-Powered Man. If the author didn't use him sparingly, this would get boring. You would have to create some Kryptonite to make it interesting, but OPM is a deliberate spoof of superhero comics. Saitama is supremely strong, but he is a hero for fun. He doesn't want to be bored by villains; he doesn't feel a moral obligation to always be out on patrol. And, he has priorities -- he has to get the special deal at the supermarket. And the reasons above are why we don't see Saitama that much.

Urek Mazino, the new one-punch man.

In one sense, this manga was created to drag. This is a feature, not a bug. Kuroiwa has to come to a decision as to whether he is going to forswear women in a romantic sense, if he wants to be a monk. One thing that makes me think his desire to becoming a monk is weak, is that we don't see a lot of actions he would take to prepare for monkhood. He is trying to resist temptations, and is unsuccessful in minor ways. There will likely come a moment in the future where he figures out that Mona is more important to a happy life than severe self-denial. That will be the climax of this manga.

The way to a woman's heart is through her stomach. I'm a cook as well... my wife loves my cooking.