It's more from an interview with the author from last year that said the manga isn't even close to ending. So, it really does sound like the drama is only going to continue, even if things with Kurumi and Naoi gradually improve.
Kokoro's time to give up was after chapter 10 after witnessing Kurumi's violent side. Kurumi getting nearly SAed twice, 2 volumes apart by Kokoro then Kudou was not something on my bingo card. Though I think Kokoro is actually done as an antagonist, since after her SA attempt, it would be really...
The rumor going around that Kurumi was also romantically involved with Horie doesn't help matters. As it would likely now seem much more believable. To an outside observer, it would look like Horie had flings with some of the girls in class and pinned all of their misbehavior on Naoi.
This...
Something I've been wondering about. The teacher covered up both the class photo and Isanuma's carved up desk. But the female teacher said they'd be investigating Horie's misconduct, so Kurumi might actually get in some trouble here. Horie did try to tell Kurumi that pinning the blame on Naoi...
That entire chapter went much more peacefully than expected. It's nice to see Kurumi and Naoi back together. And the symbolism was nice when they exited the woods together. Though Naoi is taking her time to decide if she really wants to accept Kurumi's confession. I see some potential issues...
Yuhi just shuts down any attempts to communicate. She wouldn't be honest with Chiwa, even though Chiwa could clearly tell that Yuhi has genuine feelings for Sakurako. And it clearly hurt Sakurako after Yuhi wanted her to play along and try to convince Chiwa that their relationship was nothing...
Yuhi was in her middle school uniform when she got the necklace from the girl that seemingly broke her heart. However, Sakurako didn't recognize it when her and Yuhi met up after all this time. It's possible Yuhi was already involved with that girl before rejecting Sakurako, then the necklace...
If you compare it to chapter 23, then Kokoro did worse here by not intervening immediately when she noticed Kudou following Kurumi out of the classroom. It seems she'll remain in the background here as a support, just giving Naoi the information she needs to act instead.
My prediction is the new teacher will try to reach out to the students that Horie was neglecting, Naoi in particular due to what he did to her. The new teacher might try to integrate Naoi into class activities more, so that she can bond with the others. This could be good for Naoi, but could end...
This chapter certainly escalated things. I think Kudou's SA attempt on Kurumi will get interrupted. The author purposely kept Naoi's location hidden for one, so she might actually be pretty close to Kurumi's current location. Plus, it's the same woods that Naoi lured Kudou into in chapter 20.5...
Having read the raw, the issue is with the Japanese text. Not sure if a line was omitted accidentally, or if there were a few typos in the sentence making it nonsensical.
Though my suggestion would be that if the text is definitely wrong, to translate it to its likely intended meaning, and...
Sakurako doesn't seem to have pieced together that Yuhi seems to target girls that remind her of the leads from the book they both liked in middle school.
Also, makes sense Yuhi would be worried about getting stood up. She doesn't know Sakurako showed up that first day at the Hachiko statue...
Well, the series is set to release something on Valentine's Day now. Which would likely be the first half of chapter 7. Given the series usual scheduling though, the complete chapter 7 won't be out until February 28th or so.
Based on her dialogue in the Japanese, even the 違和感 used to describe the sensation she gets of being kissed by another girl feels like it refers to more of an awkwardness than anything else.