I think I understand why there's only 40 chapters. No one's beating around the bush and the pacing is going too smoothly. maybe publishers wanted them to keep things going but Writer decides to just make everyone straightforward in this story.
Anyways, Shame Sakuraba wasn't close enough to hear about Shuuji's Death and all the Hot topics in their conversation there. Maybe being hit in the head will jog his memory now.