"Tsuchinoko is love, Tsuchinoko is life." - Sakura and Akane, maybe, who failed to notice the two went on a date.
The universe pretty much conspired to have them go on a date and I won't have it any other way. Tsukino wore that new outfit she got on Chapter 9, neat. Well, that was a great date, they both had fun. There's gonna be a next time... right?
Is that an artist self-insert I see on page 10? Guy looks like Aldehyde's Twitter avatar.
Mangaka comment at the end (hopefully I didn't screw up the kanji):
"(Whether you) believe it or not, is up to you!"
So what's a tsuchinoko and where was it in the picture they took
Serious answer: It's a type of cryptid (e.g. Bigfoot) that only appears in legends. It actually appeared and it's the round small snake-like thing speeding behind their legs on page 14.