The mom has only been in the manga for 3 chapters and I'm already way more invested in her her story than the will-they-won't-they with the main characters.
It's not a vote dipshit, it's a contest to see who can come up with the best name. A Japanese name, meaning that if you don't know kanji you can't even enter.
It's strange how all of the intrigue and deception was brushed aside in a way that didn't inconvenience the main characters in any way. It makes the time spent setting it up feel kinda wasted. I wonder if this is how the author always intended to end the series, or if he decided to just give the...
In the first chapter he was paid 1 ticket for a day of work, and he spent it on 3 food cans. If he can survive on 2 cans a day and never takes a day off, it will take a little over 41 years to save up 5,000 tickets.