So seeing the extra chapter after expecting to have to wait a while for another chapter with volume nine being finished was really nice. After reading it though there were some things I really can't keep to myself.

So seeing these flash forwards bits is usually a treat getting to see them a ways into the future but having a good long one like this was especially nice. Lots of little things in it that were very nice but I have to say one thing that struck me as incredibly adorable was Shimamura getting Adachi to pick her up after getting back from work.
It was great because one Shimamura is getting spoiled a little bit here since clearly it's something she enjoys getting done but also it's a really cute way for her to check if Adachi is overworking herself or not since if she was she wouldn't be able to manage picking her up like that.

Also the fact that the whole thing is a story being told by Yashiro after an extremely long time after she'd last seen Shimamura is something I enjoyed. I know there is a lot of mixed feelings on Yashiro and I can agree there are times she feels pointless but points like this are where she really shines I think. Like there's this likely higher dimensional alien who seems nigh on immortal but here is a simple human named Shimamura who has managed to make such an impression on her that she remains a large part of her memories even so many years later. Also that last line about having made a promise with Shimamura being her reason for travelling to that planet really got me curious about what promise was made that Yashiro has been keeping for thousands of years. Like I know it's probably a promise that was very innocuous at the time of making but Yashiro keeping that promise for so long lends a lot of weight to that promise.