That line from her was...almost romantic. Even with how it came out, I'm proud of how much Toramaru's improved from the nervous texting a few chapters ago.
@Sh4dey That's exactly right. Unoki often casually drops lines that make me really f*cking sad, and he's actually really has come a long way since they've started "dating". This is slightly slow, but exactly how I expected a good development of their relationship to be.
You can't call it a lack of progression when things are changing. If it rushed through the works and got to them clearing things up already without other sweet events to go through, I'd be worried about the manga getting axed.