I think the author says this is ch 24.5 for those wondering about how it relates to the story
https://twitter.com/ajiichi_nomoto/status/1278984668231036929?s=21

Oh yes. You forgot. We believe it.

Awwwww... They both pretended to have forgotten their umbrellas so they could stay together longer. Adorable~...

Why the fuck u lyin... and even two times...

Well, at least they're slowly starting to notice their own feelings.

Meanwhile Iro-chan is just charging ahead. :D

"Bestest Friends" chuckles

"Bestest friend"? Is that what kids call it nowadays? Sigh.
I need that IzumixIro.

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Oh god please, don't tell me we gonna have an arc for the other friend too.Can we move on the main pair already ? Iro have make her pair more interesting in the chapter with only 2 interventions and we stuck with Adachi Fujishiro and the blatant lie of friendship even after the whole Izumi confession.

ch 24, pg 18, "really sad when were" -> "when we were"

the feeling are mutual YOHOO

Lmao that twist in the end was supposed to be romantic, but it gave me a horror story type of twist.
Like someone meets a little girl who's lost in the street and take her home, but when they go back to their house and talk about it with their family, they find out that girl had died years ago.

Anyway, even before the twist in the end I had a feeling Kurokawa was actually waiting for Fujishiro all throughout the supplementary lessons and the library was an excuse too.

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Honestly, the only surprise at the end for me was that she actually had her umbrella. Her waiting for Fujishiro was pretty obvious from the start. I did expect them to share an umbrella at that point, but the talk we got may have been even more important.

it's nice and all but why does the last page look so menacing? i mean it gives you the vibe that kurokawa was plotting something dark even tho she was just waiting for fujishiro...
weird flex but ok
anyway i'm so happy for that update, thanks everyone who contributed to the translation!!

Am I the only one who was expecting Miki eavesdropping on their conversation? Sorry for bad Eng.

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Lmao that twist in the end was supposed to be romantic, but it gave me a horror story type of twist.
Like someone meets a little girl who's lost in the street and take her home, but when they go back to their house and talk about it with their family, they find out that girl had died years ago.

Anyway, even before the twist in the end I had a feeling Kurokawa was actually waiting for Fujishiro all throughout the supplementary lessons and the library was an excuse too.

Yeah, her facial expression was all off there, it looked sinister as hell

Agreed, the end page was weirdly unsettling. I had to reread it a couple of times up get that the subtext to the page was romantic, and not Kuro being called out, or punished, or something else sinister.

Oh god please, don't tell me we gonna have an arc for the other friend too.Can we move on the main pair already ? Iro have make her pair more interesting in the chapter with only 2 interventions and we stuck with Adachi Fujishiro and the blatant lie of friendship even after the whole Izumi confession.

I don’t think this is going to be a full-on arc. My prediction is that this thing with the other friend is either going to just be a side thing that’ll be resolved shortly before the series ends, or it’s simply a vehicle to communicate Fujishiro’s fear of abandonment (which’ll likely be what causes her to realize that she wants to be more than “bestest friends” with Kurokawa). But, then again, I’ve been wrong before.

Also, who wants to bet that the first big problem Kurokawa shares with Fujishiro is going to be, “There’s somebody I like,” which’ll cause Fujishiro to get all sulky for a couple chapters. Then, Kurokawa’ll come back and be all like, “It’s you, lol,” then they boink and the whole audience applauds.

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The face Kurokawa made there at the end definitely caught me off guard there but looking at it a second time I think it’s more like a reaction of shock or realization? Maybe? It’s hard to tell. But I do feel that Kurokawa is much more aware of how she feels towards Fujishiro than how Fujishiro feels towards Kurokawa. I mean, look at her: Bestest friends? It’s comedically painful how dense she is lol. At the very least Fujishiro does realize that her feelings towards Kurokawa are different and special, but since she doesn’t actually know what love feels like I guess she’s doing the best she can to interpret the emotions. That’s how I categorized feelings for a girl once because I had never been in love before and didn’t know what romance really was.
Kurokawa on the other hand is either starting to realize she likes Fujishiro or has been subtly aware for awhile and is just starting to realize the depth of what she feels (Chapter 13 is what made me think of this second option). Who knows tho
Lol meanwhile resident gay Iro is just going for the kill

I think Kurokawa might be like that because she definitely got closer to Fujishiro(Fujushiro telling her to open up to Fujishiro whenever she has a problem), she now knew Fujushiro is "single"(Fujishiro turned down Izumi), aaaand she got "bestest friend" zoned all at the same span.

Kurokawa might have an inkling of her feelings and that's what's made her super tired at the last panel. Like the life had been sucked out of her or something.

Lmao bestest friends my ass.

Please let Izumi and Iro be.. you know, "Bestest Friends" too. ;))))))

Took you long enough to realize. oh, wait, from what I saw Senko revealed their feelings after over 90 chapters, so... Idk
HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER
I'm sorry but as far as I remember it was you that thought too much and ended in something with Kanade

Well, author seems to have no idea how to push this story. All I am left with is hope that by the time they graduate, they all understand their decisions and come back to how things were.

Also, is this translation up to date? Are there more? At this pace I don't mind spoilers tbh.

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I think that Kurokawa's 'dark expresion' at the last page is because, She has already noticed She's in love with Fujishiro, but feels that She would be rejected, just like Izumi, you can see that in the way she reacted im page 16, and the dark angsty pose she is in the first panel of page 21, when she says 'my troubles...'
But maybe im reading way in between lines...time will tell

^Honestly I can't remember much of the story at this point, including the nuances of how Kurokawa feels, but my bet would be on something closer to that interpretation.

Please replace Yuri with Bestest Friends thanks