To be fair, the pace was always highly inconsistent. We could spend entire chapters on foot fetish shenanigans – only to forcefully push the story forward in three panels awkwardly shoved in-between fluffy scenes.
Here, too, there have been SOME developments, and I can't even say they are totally random since there indeed was some foreshadowing before... But yeah, it's a bit of a mess.
A lovable mess.