Itou was taken out but now the childhood friend joins the battle for tsuda XD

This chapter was really good. We get to see why Houjou exists, to demonstrate both Tae and Mai's growth since volume 1. (And also for the hilarity of the antagonist making the entirely valid point that it's weird for an adult to become friends with a 5th grader.)

Anyway. Were it not for Houjou, Tae -- or more realistically Mai let's be real -- could bullshit a story about her being Mai's aunt or something. With her there it becomes more complicated, but I'm sure she doesn't want the teacher to know why she's hanging around at school at night either.

By the way, Houjou's "you [presumably adults] are all the same" line, along with the fact that she is definitely the one playing the piano by herself, fooling around with anatomical models, and looking inside students' desks at night, strongly imply that she has severe family issues and is extremely lonely. I am curious why she latched onto Mai specifically, though. Maybe as a child who looks like an adult, she's a "safe" replacement for the actual adults in her life who are neglecting her?

I like ur analysis.

Tae chan nuhhhhhhhhh

That poor little girl just tryna read a book XD

Hi, I just bought the second volume on Renta jp, idk how to share the raws but I’d like to provide them for you?

You can slip them into /u/'s Translation Thread if you want.

Just shared the link in the /u/‘s translation thread, hopefully the raws are alright

Looking forward to it!

I should’ve realized the LN was on here too~ I was so bummed out cuz volume 9 was missing chapters on lilymanga

Pretty cute and wholesome so far~ that must be the friend at the end there

Does bratty stalker san also like mai I wonder?

Being hit seems more like a reward to senpai...

H-hand holding???? How lood O////O

Manaria is pretty hated among English LN readers while Japanese readers tend to like her lol. We'll see how it goes with the manga readers tho.

Dang... Even if I'm still a 19 year old Virgin who's never dated in his entire life and about to graduate tomorrow... I can feel what senpais going thru even if I never experienced it before...now that's good writing... Also the insecurities too...those hit home

Was this dropped?

It's tearing up my heart when I'm with you but when we are apart i feel it too ~ and no matter what I do I feel the pain ~ with or without you~ basically how the recent chapters been lol

Nanaos misunderstandings are so funny XD

So there's no more updates?

What will watanabes answer be?!

Ah this rlly is the end ~ it makes me sad but happy that they've come so far~ i'll miss them dearly. Guess ill read the og.

I just discovered this sht today and lemme tell u, I fcking love it ~ I thrived from this sht of a train wreck. It makes me feel alive.