The cost of having a kid, The "Mom I'm in a pinch" Scam, and The mother's girlish expectation of a fated encounter cracked me up harder than it should.
The story really dropped some hints of NEET subplot all over the place as the MC only have her Shiba Inu to talk with. Is the apocalypse just a meta narrative for what's really happened?
I'm intrigued by what the author take on the obvious subplot of helping someone getting out of their Hikki phase and the subsequent reintroduction to society.