I didn't quite get the significance of the letter in Shiratori's pocket -- anyone's got an idea?

Also, I wonder what happened to the Sunflower Girl? I don't like that ominous picture of a train the last we hear of her.

I assume it was a congratulations for passing, and considering it has the flower seal was probably meant to be sentimental.

Yeah a lot of implications with the train station…

I find the cat tweaking out very enjoyable and humorous.

^ Bird.

Komichi calls the girl "Erika" but it got lost in the translation.

Well shit, gotta say idk if it’s because Hiro’s art style has changed that much but face wise it just straight up doesn’t look like Erika to me. Like compare chapter 80 Erika to 91. Maybe the middle part is just fucking with me that much.

We're used to the bangs, she had them even when she started wearing the low ponytail. Seeing Erika with a middle part was probably what threw people off; she's always had bangs regardless of any other change

That said I still don't give a rat's ass about the haircut, I'm moreso focused on the fact that i haven't seen lovey-dovey KomiEri yet and Komichi herself is aiming a gun at it already

Yeah it was more so a cope on the slight chance it wasn’t Erika. That being said though ,Erika is very adamant about the relationship meanwhile Komichi is quite literally an airhead about love which I can only see as the series progressing towards an even more stable “real” relationship. There’s no way in hell you spend 7 volumes building up this relationship dynamic just to throw it away as a side note. Like “Hey Erika remember that one time we dated, man wasn’t that weird? Kissing was kinda cool though”, with 2 out of the 3 chapters in volume 17 having teases of Komichi and Erika getting “confessions” from other classmates I can see Hiro writing about the shallow crushes for drama to circle back to what love means to Komichi. End goal of the series is probably for Komichi to achieve her dreams and to show the process, relationships are nuanced parts of life, I believe in the slow burn. Also since this series definitely did not start out as a romance series, it’s unlikely that it will play out like one. Ideally this is an arc of Komichi figuring out romance and then the series goes back to Komichi being an icon and we have sprinkles of Erika and her’s relationship throughout as bonus. Ironically as much as I adore the two’s relationship the series realistically won’t survive if it’s just about them, this isn’t Moon on a Rainy Night or Whispering a Love Song where school is just the environment, school is pretty much the series.

Komichi calls the girl "Erika" but it got lost in the translation.

Well shit, gotta say idk if it’s because Hiro’s art style has changed that much but face wise it just straight up doesn’t look like Erika to me. Like compare chapter 80 Erika to 91. Maybe the middle part is just fucking with me that much.

And so they were roommates.

Thanks for the translations!

Okay so to clarify a bit it seems we have hit a timeskip. A short one, probably no longer then a few weeks at most

I feel like it’s been longer? Can’t really tell cause black and white but when they were on the date it seems the trees were still full of leaves but we know it was in autumn October-November. After the time skip it’s snowing so it could’ve been a few months. Assuming the earliest being October, snow fall would usually be around December-February which would be like a 2-4 month time skip. Chapter 67 being the reference for it at the minimum being October even up to chapter 72 it’s probably still early October because the oranges are still green. Then in chapter 74 they go to a flower field til chapter 77 which are probably cosmo flowers so probably around mid October. Chapter 80 is probably within a few day of receiving the letter and since the date wasn’t delayed with Komichi staying the night the date probably took place mid-late October at the earliest and early November at the latest. So yeah it’s probably been a few of months.

Cool story, count me in.

That doesn't work because the context of this conversation is that the two people are deciding how to move forward to solve this issue together. There's also the other context clues I mentioned. Why would a random girl say "No, I'd hate that," when Komichi said they should act like they've broken up? Why would Komichi be including a random friend in the decision about her and Erika? They're making final decisions together, Komichi is not speaking as though she's asking for advice from a third party.

Assuming this is a new character and another member of the drama club it could be a discussion/venting of the current state of affairs due to the club activities/play. We don’t know how much time has passed since the actual play. For instance I could 100% see this being a conversation with the someone such as the club president. This could be a character who joined the club due to Komichi and Erika’s performance and such their reaction to them breaking up could be that extreme. I’m more so playing devil’s advocate tbh like this is most likely Erika but there’s enough foundation for me to believe it isn’t as well, with the whole “waiting” situation as well as the character design. Also because the hairstyle change isn’t addressed and Erika is never mentioned by name.

But yeah the “what should we do” is pretty on the nose though I mainly saw that as a “people are asking us(the drama club members) out what should we do about that.”

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It's definitely Erika. Komichi says to her "if this is really our fault." This discussion wouldn't make sense if it weren't Erika anyway. I'm not a huge fan of continuing to layer the play around their relationship so much though. Feel a little uneasy about that but we'll see. Beautiful art as always, though. Also glad Erika said "No" to acting like they're broken up.

It could be a general statement of “if this is really our(me and Erika’s) fault” rather than directly referencing the person she is talking to. Assuming said person is not Erika because again I don’t think Erika actually joined the club, maybe I’m remembering wrong cause I swear there was mention that it’s fine to do cross activities outside of your own club. It also seems kind of odd that Komichi would comment on how serious Erika is towards an unknown girl. It could also just be a progression of art style and how Hiro has drawn her expression but “Erika’s” eyes seem a lot sharper/decorated than usual.

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Erika is the only one who calls Komichi by her first name, it was a big thing, remember? And she did previously mention possibly cutting her hair.

If you’re referring to without honorifics I think so? Otherwise Chiarashi also calls Akebi Komichi. When did Erika mention getting a haircut? I remember her changing her hairstyle to more fit the prince role but I don’t remember mention of her getting an actual haircut.

I don’t think that’s Erika, 1. I don’t think Erika ever actually joined the drama club, 2. The hair style seems actually very different to Erika’s and we wouldn’t know why she’d cut it, and 3. Komichi could still be talking about “breaking up” as a solution and this “possibly new” character could just be a supporter of her and Erika’s relationship.

Well she was an evil general so Junna’s definitely far from oblivious.

Gay gay homosexual gay.

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Isn’t that Marisa? And if so what a crackship.

SAY IT

Official?!?!

Patience, the clouds must first part before we see a rainbow.

It's always so strange when a long-running manga comes to a (non-axe) end. Like it's the end of an era.

Also did Satania suddenly get stacked?

Always has been

Welp tis an end of an era glad to have been on the ride. Thanks for the translations.

Adachi’s got that greed of biblical proportions.

Poor Tarumi she needs to find herself someone.

Low cortisol Horimitsu

Huh she’s got oddly similar hair to Sandrone

NINOMAE INA?

Here lies the subtext tag, shot and bleeding out on the ground.

We in the horny arc, is this the return of the villainess system?