interesting. i kinda hope that the obvious pairing of shizuki and kusonoki doesn't happen just to validate kusunoki's 'just want to be friends' stance. like kusonoki learns that shizuki likes her, repeating a similar relationship drama, but things turn out fine.
chapter is a flurry of funnies. nice finish with whatever is going on with kiko and asuka
also, karin is so cute. hope to see more of her, bullied or not
i don't disagree with others' interpretation of the chapter, but i think they are generalizing instead of looking at it as it is.
in the first place, mone is giving comfort, not advice. "you're valid. your feelings are valid. the people you like will understand," makes sense in that context...
alan doesn't understand the problem, but he got the sense that he fucked and is falling behind, and so he feels the need to perform even though he knows he's out of his depth. i like it.
... thinking of it, the story also began with the idiot trying to cope with his feelings of inadequacy.
it does make sense for fellow out-of-towners to hang out, but is it special that they are from neighboring prefectures. it just reads to me as "not from the same hometown nor from the same prefecture".