At this point I think this has become the main line story.
that's literally what it is. the "side stories" is a bit of a misnomer. In the middle of volume 4 the manga transitioned from the 4-page chapters to these longer ones.
Chapter 93 was the last 4-page chapter and then it seamlessly continues with chapter 94, which is the first one of these "side stories" here".
You're wrong.
If you look on MD, some Korean scanlator translated from the volumes and you can see that chapter 95, 97, 99 and 101 are 4 pagers that weren't posted on the Newtype website but are volume only.
Also, Mikanuji still uses the numbering of the "side stories" on the web version (1 to 51).
While "side stories" turned out to be a misnomer, there was no indication back then that it was going to fuse. Both were running in parallel. And now it's too late, I'm not going to move this to the "main series" (also, the volume version doesnt have any color).
There was an indication that it was a direct continuation at a new publication but it's understandable that it was unclear, so that's definitely not an issue.
I understand that merging the series is probably not possible now, but is there no way to change the name from "side stories" to something that communicates the situation better? I've met many who think the series stopped in the 90s or that these chapters are lesser content. As that comment showed, some are still a bit confused. If the platforms don't allow for name changes, I understand.
Mikanuji said on twitter it'll end at vol 10.
Oh really? I haven't paid attention to her Twitter in a bit. That sucks but it's been a long run. Thanks for the update. What's that, like 5-10 chapters left? We still have the teacher student combo to develop yeah? Maybe a college time skip? This year* How Do We Relationship winded down. Hana Ni Arashi earlier too. Tough. Thanks for working on this, BTW.
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