I really love how Goro is both supportive and responsible. As to the father question, it's fair to rely on them but to paraphrase a certain vampire "Only a human can defeat a monster" It's not a bad thing to learn to defend yourself against the supernatural imo.
Also, Japanese gift giving is a labyrinthine social game, my goodness.
I like how this chapter has the MC address the whole public execution thing from before, in that it was his decision to see it through and he wasn't forced to or made to like I initially thought.
So it does seem he's really taking things seriously now. He's committed to learning about the foxes' way of life and about the supernatural, all so he can be a good partner for Kogane, as a human that will be bonded to a yokai fox.
Greet your neighbors!! It’s how they know to dig you out when the building falls down in an earthquake.
In the 1994 Hanshin earthquake, many casualties were students and foreigners! People without a local network