I cannot wait for Hime's growth arc to come front and center. It's been building up all this time, and it really feels like this is where she'll have to confront herself and what all of these "love" and "like" and "romance" and "kissing" words actually mean for her.
To say nothing of Yano, and Kanoko. Yano is refreshingly direct and honest, and I really appreciate that she's very aware that she's just kinda clueless, and that she forces Hime to actually speak out and explain things, cutting through her habitual lying (for the most part) Kanoko...well, she hasn't given up on Hime, but I do wonder if she's going to start drifting more and more toward Tachibana-senpai. She's already kind of turned the corner on her Onee-san, though not to the extent I bet Tachibana would like, of course.
But Hime, being the central character to all of this, has remained (understandably) somewhat "flat" in comparison to the others. So digging deep into her side now that everyone else has been fleshed out and placed on the stage surrounding her, should be a treat.
Really, just very glad that this one's back into the swing of things. I hope the author's health holds up, just for their own sake - but I'll be damned if I'm not extremely grateful that this story is continuing on.
Thanks for the continued TL work on this series, as well.