a lot of stories drag on for too long, but this one needs to slowdown at least 3x to actually flesh out any of the ideas it has and give them any weight. it feels like a speedrun more than a coherent story
this appears to be a change from the LN, where she instead got her food while they were distracted by the lecture, and snuck off to a corner to finish it quickly before bolting
EDIT: overall, from reading the first volume, the manga seems to make her more timid in general
binged this in one go and i'm shocked other people were saying this was terrible or an axe or something! it's not the strongest ending, but it feels believable for the characters and the flow of the story.
the twitter ver of this had color pages for the outside reveal - kinda wish they did that here too. underground was near monochrome because of the lighting, so that's why he finds it especially vivid above ground
it sounds like the LN handled this more in line with the storytelling of previous chapters, though i can see why readers of the LN would be excited to see all this stuff fleshed out, it does feel different to what we've been reading so far
thank you for the uploads! can you please change the format to long strip when you get a chance? it's a little hard to control the reader and get it to look right currently