Man, that was so fucking shoooort. How is this a chapter, they just talked a bit inside the waiting room and he gave her some boots. I love this manga, but I have no idea how it's still around with this pace, how can the japanese not complain about the length? Since they are known for always complain and even do death threats
Let me correct you lol. A tiny minority complain and even send death threats. These are treated with more disdain and contempt by fellow audiences and creators alike even compared to communities in other countries, literally scum of the earth not worth listening to. Even if they existed, they would be ignored.
The number one and two rules in otaku culture is respect the creators and respect the areas of interests of others. Something increasingly absent in western culture. Even if a few people gripe, for better or for worse the vast majority accept and play along with author ideas even if they don't understand or don't like where stuff is going. If they really don't like it there will be a quiet exit. This series still obviously does good numbers so it's still fine.
The other half of that equation is maybe consider this pacing and plot direction is just what the Japanese audience wants. Which wouldn't be surprising because with the aforementioned attitude, Japanese audiences are better matched to specific niches than elsewhere since they're enough to look for what they want and ignore what they don't. Powerful trending genres like Isekai aside, there is still a plethora of genres and niche topics in Japanese media that wouldn't be able to find an audience and survive if it was otherwise.
I guess MC never owned a cat. Cats don't give a wit about their owner except what they can feed them lol.