Still no mention that she DYED HER FUCKING HAIR OF COURSE YOU WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE A TYPICAL JAPANESE GIRL WHEN FACED BY A BLONDE GYARU JK?!!
Also what the fu–
I gotta say I am so fuckin sick of this overused childhood friend/encounter trope, it's so contrived and it feels like all these mangaka/LN writers are convinced that it's impossible to have a serious connection unless you've known each other since itty bitty childhood.