Loooooooove Morinaga! It's so rare that any of these stories has a friend that knows about the couple being into each other and even more rare that the friend is this helpful. And it doesn't hurt that she's super cute! "Operation Get⭐Hype And Call Her Behind the Storage Room!" She's the best!
And I'm glad Sakurai is falling even harder for Honda, even wishing they had an event together, and that Honda is starting to be a little more honest with herself regarding her own feelings. That hug was so cute. This manga is great.
@Lilliwyt its probably cause it feels FORCED AS FUCK, like she's a new student and just became friends with them and now she's playing wingwoman?! like bruh hold on your moving too dam fast ESPECIALLY since we know nothing about her hence why even tho she has good intentions imo she's causing more harm than helping
@Ashez42 the "Middle School Thing" is the fact that Honda has been in love with Sakurai ever since middle school (she told Morinaga the story in the previous chapter).
I'm probably imagining weird things but the three-legged costume race i thought it would be a race where people dressed as mascots (those big suits where you can't move very well), but it's probably anime cosplay lol.