Yeah, that makes sense. I can imagine with just a few more chapters to go the author needed to get through some of these important character beats quickly. Thinking this means that the final chapters will close up the fashion design stuff.
Makes sense though. Pretty cool to see "slice of life...
Thanks for the chapter. I think the plot is all over the place right now, considering the axe and the author presumably trying to fit in a number of important arcs into these last bits, and hopefully the pacing is fixed by the conclusion.
That being said, I think this is holding up alright with...
I'm letting the author cook with where the story is going with all the lore drops we've been getting. I'm always pretty impressed that this manga has some of the snappiest dialogue in SJ right now, so I hope the plot follows up too.