Thanks for the translation, people! Such a quality manga needs to be treated with care and dedication, and the work you're putting in it is noted. I don't know Japanese so I can't say a thing about the translation per se, but some of the cleaning and redrawing (damned translucent speech bubbles...
"Well, do work hard at it, okay!?" counts as an hypothetical confession for me. Come on, senpai, go for it!
Page 18, top left panel... oh my dog, 774, that's beautiful!