It is really something how the author can fill a whole chapter with events that normally take half as many pages at most in pretty much any other manga.
here we go, into the NTR den. MC will do nuthin and Mizuhara will get in a pinch and get saved by some loud, awkward moment that destroys MC's self-esteem even more.
he needs to end the arrangement with Ruka. he needs to do it before he either makes another clearer confession or Chizuru figures out her feelings, at this point its holding both of them back. he's too complacent and she's to codependent.
Flying Spaghetti Monster on a fork with Parmesan, this boy rationalizes everything to avoid potential conflict or the dreaded Oh No She Might Hate Me. (continuing proof he's King Simp of the Nice Guy tribe)
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Mami creeping on Grandma, which directly threatens Chizuru? "I should tell her right away (correct) - oh, but she looks cold so I won't. (d'oh!)"
Mami creeping on Grandma, confirmed? "Well, she didn't instantly tell her about Chizuru, so obviously nothing will go wrong."
Chizuru asks for a day two weeks out when he has to be at work? "Sure! I don't want her to hate me for not being free that day."
Plus, I bet you anything he didn't tell work about it up front... he just called out sick.
And so on.
The boy is incapable of standing up for himself, so expect one or both of these:
~ He flees the party feeling bad about something that wounded his fragile sense of self.
~ Chizuru stands up for him when he acts pathetic, which yet again he mistakes for True Love.
True love needs mutual respect. The only way King Simp knows how to earn "respect" is to sacrifice himself, because again he's a terminal Nice Guy (see link for why that's not a good thing).
~~~~~ @blurgh123I hope MC embarrasses himself and commits sudoku out of shame. The only redeeming character is gamer grandma
Pun looks deliberate, but funny as heck either way. (^_^)b
watch, this is gonna turn into a reverse-Mami situation.
Umi is gonna advance on Chizuru in front of Kazuya, or Umi is gonna low key roast Kazuya.
Kazuya's already low self-esteem is gonna get rekted.
A few days later, Mami is gonna come in and comforts him, destroying that progress Kazuya made with Chizuru.
Bullseye on the middle two sentences, except author already told us who he'll have to interact with immediately afterward: Ruka, who will want to know ytf he wasn't at work. When Ruka consoles him, she NTRs Chizuru. XD
(Not serious on the last part, just tweaking both sides of the NTR wars.)