@MindFlayJax Because it didn't start out that way. It started out as a manga about two people who enjoyed being around each other and seemed like it was going for 3 and turned into a stereotypical romance manga.
This is one of the first stories I've ever read along these lines where I don't feel too bad for the guy. I genuinely think he would be better off without her.
Well this comment section is going to be entertaining. It's funny because normally this kind of thing bothers me, but in this case it doesn't. Maybe it's because they aren't really dating yet and they are both adults. it's not like you can't sleep with other people when you are single.
@sirwolfeye That's definitely what he starts to say but he never actually says 近くない (or whatever he was going to say) because they are interrupted. I would say given that it is cutoff this is probably the best way to translate it. I do agree that it's pretty important in the next chapter though.
@GoblinGuy I was so distracted by the rest of that picture that my brain completely glossed over those speech bubbles. For anyone else who didn't read it, she is saying "Ichikawa please look at me".