Ever since Masami got her own series and left him I felt he'll run into problems with his work soon: then we had the lazy assistant, the sleazebag assistant, Eri who's good, but she went to Masami. Then he had problems with deadlines I was expecting him having problems with keeping a serialization, but I guess he's stuff just doesn't sell that well anyway. Maybe third time's the charm.
Someone was talking about introducing a new girl into the series and at the time I thought it would be stupid, but with how the previous chapter turned out, it could actually be a way for him to grow a spine. Unfortunately this chapter doesn't seem to imply that's gonna happen. I wonder if she is here to stay or will it by a random encounter.