Thanks for the chapter bomb. I'm enjoying the soft reversal, I don't mind the story dragging out the will-they/won't a bit in order to play with the new dynamic.
Konno waiting 6 months because she's not comfortable dating a coworker woulda been a more logical reveal. But yeah, the afterword is what really sours this story for me.
Idk why but I get the feeling that someone murdered her. Something about that girl talking on the tv at the beginning of the second chapter just made me think “this bitch killed her”. Maybe she got jealous of our ghost girl’s popularity/talent and wanted her out of the group…permanently? Maybe the other idol girls were in on it?