That was an interesting development. Not quite childhood friends, but the rival character has deep ties to Honami's own bakery. I'd have liked it better if they knew each other as kids though. Sorry to learn her dad has already passed on. I though maybe he only retired.
Morito's not as bad as I thought, and anyone who gives in to cute catgirls like Komugi surely isn't a real jerk. I'm still on the fence about potentially shipping them though. That kind of development needs more time, like bread dough needs time to rise and rest before baking.
Yeah, gonna need more evidence of chemistry at this point...