Series so good that reading the newest chapter of it ended the emotional self-harm episode I've been having for the last 18 hours

Someone please complete Umi's thought for me. Not exactly sure what she wanted to say.

"I know she loves me too. But even though I know that, sometimes..."

I guess she's going for "sometimes Shou is too physically distant"? Or "sometimes it doesn't feel like Shou lusts after me the way I'm lusting after her"? Lol

Damnnn everything starts with the sweet smoochie until that last panel. It's like Umi wants more assurance from Shou??

Never expected I will ended loving an extra chapter.<3. I just hope whatever Umi meant on that last panel, she will be able to communicate it with shou in the future.

umi my poor baby with an anxious attachment style... This extra took place between volumes 5 and 6 meaning that whatever she's worried about still hasn't been addressed and has just been festering this whole time, im sure it's nothing :)

Someone please complete Umi's thought for me. Not exactly sure what she wanted to say.

"I know she loves me too. But even though I know that, sometimes..."

I guess she's going for "sometimes Shou is too physically distant"? Or "sometimes it doesn't feel like Shou lusts after me the way I'm lusting after her"? Lol

She wants Shou to initiate; Shou then does this by asking to hold her hands. That's why we get the pause on Umi's face as an interruption of her thoughts. She's touched. So it ends happily. The "problem" is pretty much resolved there.

last edited at Oct 26, 2025 12:16PM

Someone please complete Umi's thought for me. Not exactly sure what she wanted to say.

"I know she loves me too. But even though I know that, sometimes..."

I guess she's going for "sometimes Shou is too physically distant"? Or "sometimes it doesn't feel like Shou lusts after me the way I'm lusting after her"? Lol

I think at least part of it must also be the fact that at this point of the story they're technically "super friends" or whatever you want to call it, certainly adds at least a little bit to insecurity. Shou actually saying out loud that they're pretty much girlfriends already was only ch18.

last edited at Oct 26, 2025 11:21AM

Ahh such a cute chapter, I can face the workweek without issues now

Lovely. ^_^

Hmm... I actually like this change (retcon?) establishing that there was more of a basis of physical intimacy to their relationship than we readers might have assumed... But I still just wish this extra was created closer to when it takes place chronologically. That's just because I'm really picky and "perceptible lack of a pre-planned plot" is my biggest fear when reading ongoing manga though lol.

ANYWAY this dovetails really nicely with the emerging arc from volume 7; my reading was that Shou is unnerved by her own feelings of desire that spark when they touch each other, not simply reacting to an unfamiliar situation. This extra giving Umi a little uncertainty on her side too suggests that the story could be heading towards the sort of strong emotional climax I would like, I hope!

Really cute side chapter. Thanks!

She wants Shou to initiate; Shou then does this by asking to hold her hands. That's why we get the pause on Umi's face as an interruption of her thoughts. She's touched. So it ends happily. The "problem" is pretty much resolved there.

This was how i read it as well.

last edited at Oct 26, 2025 12:38PM

Someone please complete Umi's thought for me. Not exactly sure what she wanted to say.

"I know she loves me too. But even though I know that, sometimes..."

I guess she's going for "sometimes Shou is too physically distant"? Or "sometimes it doesn't feel like Shou lusts after me the way I'm lusting after her"? Lol

She wants Shou to initiate; Shou then does this by asking to hold her hands. That's why we get the pause on Umi's face as an interruption of her thoughts. She's touched. So it ends happily. The "problem" is pretty much resolved there.

Love this explanation. Thanks!!

The thing I like most about this series is how realistic yet chill it is. Its cute and calming for the soul.

Someone please complete Umi's thought for me. Not exactly sure what she wanted to say.

"I know she loves me too. But even though I know that, sometimes..."

I guess she's going for "sometimes Shou is too physically distant"? Or "sometimes it doesn't feel like Shou lusts after me the way I'm lusting after her"? Lol

She wants Shou to initiate; Shou then does this by asking to hold her hands. That's why we get the pause on Umi's face as an interruption of her thoughts. She's touched. So it ends happily. The "problem" is pretty much resolved there.

Love this explanation. Thanks!!

Right, it's the contrasting match with the scene on page 4 when Shou pulls her hand away. Umi thinks it's about holding hands, but Shou is just self-conscious about the way her hand might smell. But on the way back Shou has gotten over that because of Umi's previous reaction.