I get a good laugh every time somebody calls this SoL or CGDCT.
There's a continuous storyline from one chapter to the next, so it's more of a youth drama.
It's a bit refreshing that his solution to "If things continue as they are now" is to change the "as they are now" part instead of the "If things continue" part
Chiorin hiding the burn with her hair reminds me of the original Mio from Tsukigomori hiding her scar. Wondering if the way Kyoko played Mio in Dark Moon (not hiding the scar) plays into Chiorin's animosity toward her