It's really amazing (and hilarious) how Nozaki would go to great lengths just to avoid drawing backgrounds. Also, methinks the author has gone meta in this chapter with its conspicuous lack of backgrounds...
@Walter_vi_Britannia If I'm not mistaken I think it was said before that they met in high school by accident when Nozaki found a lost script from the drama club and added stuff to it before returning it during his first year but remember Nozaki debuted when he was still in middle school and his serialization was right before his first year started as he used his memory of his first encounter with Sakura during the entrance exam as his model for Mamiko, he doesn't remember thought...
1) I'm shocked that Mikoshiba has no idea Hori is the background guy.
2) I'm super shocked that Nozaki's manga is 30 pages long a chapter.
3) Poor Waka.