There's always a third party to ruin a perfectly fine, symbiotic relationship. Does no one know how to formulate drama without an intrusive character anymore...
These bait and switches hurt the most. You think you have that 1 in 50 gem that isn't an editor's wet dream with interesting and novel setup and characters which are cute but with so much more potential, leaving infinite possibilities to take it due to it's nature.
BOOM. Randomly after 11 chapters you get hit with a singular, the most generic, chapter that has 4 fucking annoying shoujo tropes shoved in when it just wasn't this kind of series.
Unironically hope this is a minor hiccup due to writer block or some shit that prevents actually interesting conflict being introduced or at least in a satisfying manner. This chapter could've been released in Dessert or some other mag, jesus.