>expecting a manga to timeshift to the current year despite being made one year ago
You guys are something else. Not every setting should automatically fast-forward just because it progresses slower than real life.
Guess the author didn't want masks to hide the expressions. And on that note, trying to write contemporary scenes with masks in mind must be annoying as heck.
@Umesan I mean, yeah, technically I could list every main character that appears in the chapter in its title, but I'm not sure what the point is. Why do you want to have that?