While I’m glad that the situation was resolved, the way that some people felt towards the conclusion of the last chapter of volume 12 is the same way I feel towards this chapter. Ultimately I’m left feeling a bit underwhelmed.
I felt like this was more of a temporary fix rather than a permanent solution, as it feels like the communication problem between them never got fully addressed. It’s good that Ichikawa apologized for the whole situation, but I feel like Yamada prolonged the situation and made it worse by not telling him exactly why she was mad and avoiding him when he was trying to reconcile with her.
It seems like all conflicts due to a communication issue will have to be on Ichikawa to fix, and while he was definitely at fault initially I think Yamada also handled it just as poorly, but it seems like Kyo was the only one who walked away with a lesson. If conflicts like this continue, they BOTH need to be better at communicating with each other. Ichikawa needs to be straight up with Yamada and tell her the truth, and Yamada needs to stop with this cryptic “you should know why I’m mad” game and directly tell him why she’s upset with him. I’m hoping this doesn’t become a trend cuz these last few chapters have been pretty hit or miss for me