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The noose ominously hanging over the two of them in that last panel...

Ad Astra was axed so that Tonikaku Cawaii could run. ;_;7

Ranko and our blando male lead are completely in sync when they're not self-conscious about it, why are we supposed to believe Yuriko has a chance?

@Kevs101 She's suddenly apprehensive because she realizes she just stepped on a very bad memory for Ichikawa; even she can tell he was probably aiming to get into the same school as his cram school friends but flunked the exam and settled for the school they're going to now.

Grandma really makes this comic.

@inviernos Assuming you live in the U.S., though as far as I know the data is reflective of the trend in EU nations as well, you do realize this is straight up untrue right? Divorce rates have been on a sharp decline the past few decades.

I think they both just dropped the kayfabe there for a second without realizing it.

This and Kowloon Generic Romance seem like the only two meaty sci-fi pieces to come out in Japanese comics the past few years.

They actually used a proper thumb draw when doing archery this chapter, I'm impressed.

@rockerrock60 you might want to reread this chapter. Her 'nine other boys' are video game characters.

You want me to believe that steppe nomads not only never made dumplings, they've NEVER MADE CHEESE?

So in this chapter Moran recalls that the King said, "I shall relinquish my throne to the one who defeats me at chess." Remember the first chapter? It's not really foreshadowing at this point.

@Scrabbleman remember from the earlier chapters, "levels" here are not video game/rpg statistical levels. Here they're just an in-universe extension of how (actual historical) guilds and cities controlled their professions in history by being strict about rank. @Nightdotexe that's the joke.

I think what really surprised me is that I think this is the first japanese comic I've seen where someone used a sabre properly, instead of trying to cram both hands inside the guard like a katana.

I honestly wonder if the author of the novel and artist have backgrounds in history. That was an astonishingly authentic example of bargaining between two politically powerful families, gifting each other seemingly innocuous items with loaded political connotations that signal the obligations...