Ask yourself why she is so calm during it, why the reason she provides for why she loves him is a bunch of things that happened a long time ago, why she says "Or something like that" in a panel that obscures her eyes. Or why she doesn't even care about Ei's reply, and points him toward Manato...
Eavesdropping on the girl you like confessing to another guy will do that.
Of course, she did it specifically to get rejected, but Kimura hasn't yet caught on to that. Neither have some of the readers, it seems.
She's come such a long way since her days of googling porn on the school computers...
Will the school nurse attend their wedding one day and go "sniff I raised that girl" Chika-Fujiwara-style?
The "Gensokyo Tailor" is Rinnosuke of Kourindou, and chances are Reimu just borrows his stuff whenever she needs a non-shrine-maiden-like disguise. Maybe she pays a rental fee, but I strongly doubt it.
It's not a new outfit, at any rate. This style was very fashionable in the 1920s. Young women...
Love how Sumika is staring alternately into her mug or her phone pretending her crush isn't currently having the world's most relatable, yet least respectable meltdown.
Look, I'm sorry, I know it's terribly unfair, but while J<=>M exists it will be very hard for other hitman/schoolgirl bodyswap comedy manga to compete. I know you've got JKs, but J<=>M has JS, JC, and most importantly, it has J.
I don't even understand how this gets past an editor. Chapter 14 was already a full flashback chapter covering this exact same backstory. It was narrated by Arata and therefore technically from his perspective, but there was absolutely no ambiguity about the fact she was in love with him. How on...
Remember, only last chapter Noa mentioned that this is Kizaki's first time leading a team. We're meant to think she's bad at it. (And heading for a major crashout once the cracks start to show and her resentment over Noa being such a natural career woman, while she is working like mad to keep up...
CHESS ACCURACY REVIEW
It's not completely impossible the chess shown in this chapter was accurate. After all, we barely get to actually see any of it. Not that I'm bitter or anything. Yes, by all means, show me all the talking heads discussing the game and none of the game itself.
Actually, it...
Okay, fine, but she is definitely a good guy now, right? It's not a doubletriplecross bamboozle or anything?
Please live. You're the tallest cinnamon bun that's ever been baked.
Yeah, how dare you be able to take "No" for an answer! Can't be encouraging that kind of behavior! It was creepy and wrong when that other guy did it, but you're different! You're the protagonist!
It's a good thing the kindergarteners are on the case!
Oof, poor Nii Jirou. I'm sure when he was told his only job in this manga was to sit behind Tadashi on the leaderboard and that he'd never even get a speaking role, let alone a cameo, no matter how hard he studied, he figured he'd at least get to consistently stay in 2nd. What with his name...