It’s a significant step in their relationship to visit a shrine together. Not as big as meeting the parents as a couple, by a long shot, yet going together to the shrine indicates they share the same hopes and goals to achieve together. The glancing at each other during prayer on the last page was a nice ending to the chapter.
I snickered at that one moment where Yamada thought she'd finally found a nice cheap apartment, only to realize it was a parking spot. Yeah, my city's like that.
Man a 4 month wait for only 11 pages is pretty painful...
They were a really nice 11 pages though! Some of the art might have been among the best of the series and I can only imagine how good it'll look when it's touched up for the volume release.
“She might hear us…”. That’s funny! Fear of jealousy, might I ask? Or just impropriety? Hey, when living in the city, a Christmas gift of ear plugs does wonders.
Seems like there’s some foreshadowing going on in this chapter. Looking forward to next chapter… next year, at this rate.
Ear plugs can only go so far... though I recommend the silicone ones.
Silicone ear plugs work great for swimming, but their noise reduction isn’t as good as the foam ones. And noise-cancellation headphones won’t work when it comes to Yamada and Kase-San.