This is before, it stated at the start.
Also if suffering can improve powers, are you sure tormenting her is the best idea? This seems like an ideal circumstance for Akane's power to evolve.
Something of Mr. Tiggy's time as a bakeneko definitely remains; he knows he's in a safe place and that these people are friends. He isn't acting like a terrified angry feral anymore.
Honestly, it's not limited to yuri, it's pretty common in het romance stories too. I mean, yeah, there's MORE that go beyond that in the het space, but mostly due to raw volume.
Er...I know you're really happy but like, have you considered that you might have just left the Common Route and now you've locked into the Kaoru route, Nanami?
The real question is if Sakura managed to lock the door or if the only thing holding it shut is her body weight. In the latter case, I doubt she could actually hold Miku at bay for long...
Can you imagine how the Giant Girl Support Department would feel about that order? Like people would have to MAKE that costume and they'd know exactly who and what it was for the whole time...
Hopefully Mii-chan realizes soon that she's actually making good progress and just needs to keep up the pressure until he finally just gives up and enters his dere phase