Wait... how is this chapter 9 when we still haven't resolved the problem presented in chapter 8 yet. What happened to the underwear situation? So much trouble for so little resolution.
Setup a situation that will cause a misunderstanding.
Setup a compromising position that could possibly lead to more misunderstandings.
Setup a rival character.
Resolve the rival character situation and create a new misunderstanding without resolving the first misunderstanding?
Even if the artist isn't good at telling a story, the editor should have stepped in and said "wait a second son, you have to resolve one problem before moving onto a different one."