I just knew it was gonna swap to these two this chapter. Also, so much progress of late, of the direct confrontation kind. That gives me the feeling that this series doesn't have all that much left to its life.
I dont get why people get the notion the series is going to be over because the author doesnt want to go over melodrama, so far every "dramatic" situation been relative low key and resolved relatively quickly. I dont see this going 10+ volumes but at the same time I dont think the author wants to end it because the dramatic elements dont take 20+ pages and considering this is a 4koma its not odd they cannot go do something that takes so many pages since 1 page = 1 chapter.