There's an underlying melancholy to some of these chapters that might be warning signs that I'm going to have shed a tear or two before it's over . . . Mixed feelings there. I could also be imagining it though, as I am wont to do. Yamada seems kinda thick here, but I'm glad he muddled through okay anyways, despite perhaps not fully understanding the nature of the situation. All too often that's more than I can say, sometimes even if I do understand the situation.