I think that the time skip is only one year, not two.

Aya refers to two years from the time they were talking about fridges.
They had exams following this and only recently did they do their final exams.
Soooo ... I think there's a year between "fridge" reference and final exams (which the manga covers), which leaves one year of time skip to give the two years total.

I may well be wrong, and please let me know where my thinking falls down if I am.

This is the kind of story that I like best

What's the betting Joe asks Aya's mum to keep an eye on them when he goes to the US

I fully expect the next chapter, as the last chapter of the volume, to push the drama to eleven.

Oh, yes I think you're right

Let's have a little fun speculation ... Nanase thinks something happens between Yuni and her mum (over excited mum just being friendly but when seen by Nanase it looks more than friendly)

[Edit: Perhaps the above leads Nanase to do something with Yuki]

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That was great

Nice one Hime, great timing

Hopefully Hime will become a great producer

Something just occurred to me ... it's never been said where Aya is going to be attending Uni.

It could be a long way away - so her promise to look after Joe's "precious niece" may have been made without thinking of the repercussions if the Uni is not somewhere within easy commuting distance.

Really growing fond of Mari. She's got that "try her best" energy, and heavily "not a protagonist" vibes. But I want to see more of her.

Same here.

SrNevik posted:

If Joe leaves, I doubt he's going to just sell his shop. And Mitsuki would surely want to keep running it (and she knows how to do it). So... Mitsuaya living together and running the shop together while Aya goes to college and Mitsuki pursues music domestic storyline, yes? YES??

Sounds perfect. So all the major hangups have been cleared now. I wonder where we go from here.

Couple life.

That would be sweet, but it would need something more than that to build towards, so I'm wondering if they'd focus on her music or taking care of the store. What other goals do they have that I am missing? Maybe some new issues that come from navigating college/adult life (similar to Kase san)?

We still have the album that Mitsuki is making to be covered ...

Well once college is over they can visit Joe & Kana and get married ... Joe pretty much gave Aya his blessing :D

Mitsuki isn't the introvert she used to be, lol ... in front of the whole class :D

Liked that one & would like to see more of those two

Remember the scene in Kill Bill when "The Bride" and "Copperhead" are fighting and then Copperheads child comes in? I'm going to take a guess it's going to be something like that with Rika walking in ... perhaps, I'm usually wrong ;p

Girl In The Thunderstorm
Rain clouds rolling in
A dreaded cold is foreseen
Plip

Are false nails not a thing in Japan? Or is it that Aya is too stressed out to think about them at the moment?

There are some nail salon in Japan, but it's not that common and long fake nail don't seem to be as fashionable as it is in the west. I actually don't like long nail, especially when they are fake, so it's something I tend to notice and I don't see that often girls with long fake nails in Japan. When I do, mostly, it seems to be university students.

So my guess is that it's not a reflex for her, if she never did it before.

Thanks for the reply, it's interesting to hear.

Are false nails not a thing in Japan? Or is it that Aya is too stressed out to think about them at the moment?

Great to see more of this one. Cute chapter

Really liked this one - it had a nice balance to it, with some "what's going on?", some drama, and a great ending

RIP Ozzy Osbourne.

Without Ozzy & Black Sabbath a lot of music referenced in this manga would either not have been made, or at least it would not have sounded the way it does.

Looks like Aya's mum could do with a little reassurance and comfort as well - with three kids it's easy to miss signs. It doesn't make her bad, just human.

Found this video on the CBR Discord a few days ago, watched it the next day, sent it to the Dynasty Discord later the day I watched it, and now while rewatching it remembered "Oh yeah, I could send it to the relevant forum on Dynasty the site too" so here we are. Link

Thank you for the link

Was that just a stress ulcer??? I’m confused lol

Pregenant.

Where's that GRS cartoon when you need it, lol

Mitsuki really needs to get that album finished and presented to Aya

Meow.

1000 years old, well if anything counts as age gap that does, lol

Come back Kon ... I want to see that Kon-Fu-Mari love triangle :D