Asian authors tend to throw nonsense numbers around.
In most of these settings, commoners can live for weeks if not months with a single gold coin and here we have an MC wasting millions.
Drop the million part in this story arc and bidding 10 to 100 gold coins, it would still be over the top...
How much longer (chapters) will it take for Aria to finally realize the identity of the crown prince?
Aria: If the crownprince did this and that, then something will happen.
Crownprince: ... *seriously ponders Aria's suggestion*
Next meeting...
Aria: I wonder what tipped the crownprince off to...
I haven't read the novel but chapter 1 mentioned a hidden ending when playing on hard mode. Wouldn't there actually be a 6th character that hasn't appeared yet?
It wouldn't be much of a "hidden ending" to me if the plot is about the same 5 people as in normal mode.
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It's "cute" because Omurice is commonly a kids' meal in Japan, often served with a "toothpick-flag" on top of it.
Masakatsu isn't just tiny like a kid, even his preference is same.
For a 6 year old, Yotsuba is a handful little devil. A bit similar to a female version of Shin-chan.
I really admire those other characters who put up with her "well-intended" actions.
So.. basically Ippo was a puppet/machine who more or less moved according instincts and what he was told by the controller/Coach Kamogawa.
Now he's "evolving", starting to think for himself and learning strategies.
An analogy would be the hardware/brawn getting enough maintenance and the...
That was some abrupt ending. Was it axed or the author ran out of ideas and decided to finish it? I guess it's alright in a way.
Even if the "final battle" were to go on 1-2 more chapters, it wouldn't be easy to create another interesting arc afterwards.
The usual dark humor but these 2 chapters feel like a side story.
Hopefully Fran will be back with her antics of doing things with good intention but desastrous results next chapter.