This does feel like a cop out, but while a fairly superficial one at that, it did seem a little too early for the gimmick of this series to be dropped. Just as long as it doesn't pull something like this again I'm fine with it, but we better not go full rom-com with 10 chapters of nothing, 1 chapter of "Oooo they might say they like each other~" into some cop out and repeat ad nauseam or until you get axed.