Man, what a palette cleanser! This was actually really, really good. I didn't expect to like it as much as I do! Of course, like someone mentioned in the last volume, the bar was in the dirt, but still! Bonus points for the toradora motif.
Also, I love the aggressive clack of her shoes when she walks and the fact that it was used as bookends for the chapter. It was our introduction to her as a character and really speaks volumes about her personality. Speaking of which, even as the love interest, I don't think I'd call her a tsundere. Actually, scratch that. She's more of a classic tsundere than a modern one. Don't see those all that often anymore. She's not using her sharp tongue as a front for her feelings. Heck, she didn't even see my boy as even being in the running until he seized his chance. She's established to be very up-front about how she feels about people and happens to be more okay with the MC than with everyone else. And that's fine. It feels to me very much like a marriage of convenience, but not a cold one. There's mutual respect behind the backbiting and plenty of room for deepening their relationship.