Apologies for the delay yet again, but I am glad to be done with this chapter. Even though it was a pain to redraw in some areas (
some pages had halftone dropshadow for some reason 
), I still really like this chapter!
It's a nice conclusion to Akama-kun's growth as a character. First he was someone that acted friendly out of self-interest to avoid his fears of being isolated, so seeing how after all these chapters where his plans go wrong except whenever Kuroi-san is around helps with the growth that he learns the importance of sincere friendships over superficial friendships. Course it's a little direct with its messaging, but I think it's nice since it gave an unique reason as to why Akama-kun fell into the "overthinking yet dense MC" trope.