Thank you for your translations <3
I wasn't sure how the final volume was going to wrap everything up since vol 8 seemed to leave Umiko a bit directionless. But this is looking really exciting.
What a wonderful manga, I really need to preorder the english volume.
Thank you for the new chapter ♥
I almost forgot about the absent student plot point. A winter school trip is a really interesting setting to explore something like this, there's a very different dynamic when you're away from home for a week with just classmates and teachers for company.