More Still Stick! OH YEAH! Come to mama!!!
(I'll write something more pithy as soon as I download the chapter and read it, I promise.)
It's done. Loved the chapter. <3 I actually don't have any pearls of wisdom to share or enlightenment to impart, but I still think -- I've said it before, I'll say it again -- that this manga is extraordinary in the way it deals with psychologies and behaviors. Shimizu and Maekawa are able to look at themselves and their own feelings and conflicts with the detachment of a manga author looking at her characters, and that makes them uniquely original people: I do believe this is the first time I meet two MCs who have achieved this level of objectivity and equitability in self-judgment -- and can discuss about their circumstances so openly.
Listening to them analyze themselves, I am reminded of the otaku crowd of Genshiken debating if two characters in a manga have feelings for each other, exactly what these feelings are, and, depending on the conclusions, whether they could have a fulfilling romance or not. As things stand now, Shimizu and Maekawa have agreed that the answer is NO -- they should NOT get tangled into a romantic affair, whatever feelings they may hold for each other!
Okay. It's their choice. That's fine by me.
Let's all wait for the fireworks when this firm and resolute decision crumbles like a dunked biscuit under the onslaught of unbridled passion that's most certainly looming in their future.