Well, with this at least Mikawa isout of the picture now. Considering that Manabu never showed hints of being romantically interested in the gyaru, that shouldn't be obstacles left for him to reevaluate his relationship with Megumi. Will this happen for real, or the author is going to draw...
The moment Hahari was revealed to be a soulmate is the moment people should have realized that almost everything is fair game in this manga. I guess among the future girlfriends to be introduced there will be some that will make a cousin feel like a safe and normal choice.
People worried by her...
I don't think we'll see any real progress between the two until the last chapters. Their mutual crush is more of a mean to explain why Nishikata keeps hanging out with Takagi despite her constant teasing a d to make her appear less more of a jerkass rather than the focus of the story.
If this is only the first vpljmeof an ongoing LN series I guess th one who kissed him was Haruka and the story went full love triangle in the following volumes.
Aka is a freaking genius. An entire chapter spent with the two protagonists talking how it isn't necessary to rush things as mature people...and then they ended up doing it in offscreen in the last page. Wonderful.
Major development in the next chapter: Mizuhara gets hit by a car, loses her memory and meets Kaxuya in a terrible way that makes her hate him.
Anyway, it's fun that when she was talking about quitting bring a rental after getting a boyfriend she said "it wouldn't be fair for the client "...
Ahahah, nice to see how Leo now only wants to not be bothered when she confesses to Fooly.
Next chapter is the end, maybe a flash forward toward their wedding.