(not that I think every real lesbian couple in Japan is living a life of misery; but I wouldn't want to deal with homophobia on top of the institutional sexism there)
I thought the blonde haired dude in chapter 7 was a new girl character and was so confused for a straight like 6 minutes. Speaking of, wtf is wrong with him? He's stalking Gin and scratching his chest/throat vigorously, what a creeper
But really that was great, and the conflict of not wanting to be treated like child hit home when the older girl's friends showed up and accidentally made her feel awful. I could sympathize so much