Oooh, are we turning the corner toward Manaka cementing her feelings for our Intrepid MC?
That said, I do wonder when he will suddenly realize that the usual romcom tropes surrounding a dense MC are still in play--and that they're just happening to him.
Yuuki Rito’s power is always with Ei-kun, lol and it feels like MC flag with Kawashima is rising higher and higher. pretty sure MC gonna save her again later, maybe she falls off a cliff, slips into a river, or gets caught in the rain and they end up taking shelter in a cave together
I love how Manaka tried to act cool only to fumble it the following page. That said holy crap Kimura has some crazy reaction and flash step moves to be able to grab Ei-kun then toss him back before he fell.
Damn, and I thought US infrastructure was neglected and falling apart. How tf does a school take kids on a camping trip somewhere that a bridge is in such bad shape, that even wimpy Ei-kun can shatter one of the planks just by stepping on it?
That thing Ei has isn't just some lucky pervert trope, it's a straight up curse of misfortune. Especially since it's a route of a stamp rally, it's likely other groups, at least the teachers had already crossed just fine. That bridge almost killed him. Sure apparently it's not deep enough to kill but if you fell on the wrong spot, he would've literally die.
It makes sense That Manaka would chase after Kimura despite what he said. As long as he gives her the push, she can keep moving forward and... without Kimura she doesn't know how she'd ever progress.(Ch 5, pg.21) That's why she ran for him despite what he said, Because he's seen her at her weakest and if he was truly lost (despite the panels kinda making it hard to gauge whether time passed enough for concern) She wanted to be there to help him at essentially the weakest she's even seen her wingman be.
Are these guys like the only people in class or what....
Anyway, this manga always subverting my expectations
Kawashima acting cool definitely a highlight
Nice seeing she actually has some confidence in her
Ei-kun having every 2000s ecchi anime protagonist's power is in character with the tropes of that era
I like kimura's dejected face seeing the skirt lowering situation
Nice to see kawashima showing real interest/care in MC-kun
Hope we're getting some actual development in their relationship in future chapters