A side ship is sailing?? Maybe?
Also, as much as I enjoy the side characters, that's brutal to mention Erika and Abeki are on their date and then never show it. Like ... whelp, guess I'll just sit and do nothing for a month now.
For those interested, chapter 6 of the manga takes us through chapter 17 of the LN. As there are 112 chapters of the LN, this manga - if follows it to the end - should be about 40-45 chapters total. If the pacing stays the same (I couldn't access the RAWs to confirm - required to be in Japan and...
I'll admit - I read the spoilers here and even had to look some stuff up online because this plot was becoming too thick to wade through. It makes sense now, but ... meh.