I don't really get why this manga is so highly rated, unless people just love the anime and the LN and use them to fill in all the huge plot skips, unexplained characterization, and glacial pacing.
So then there WAS a bunch of stuff that happened after the undead graveyard when they skipped right to the mind control part with no warning or explanation. The pacing in this manga is really weird and it makes lots of bizarre jumps. Is this one of those reverse mangas where the anime came...
Nako and Aru developing their own relationship is a delight
I hold out hope for an eventual affectionate headbutt, at which point I will shed my bodily shell and ascend to moe heaven