Gotta love how everybody is talking about Kase thirsting and Yamada's innocence, but nobody (else) did talk about grumpy Kase feeling left-out about her Yamada running to someone else to share exciting events with....
Mm, I did notice Kase-san was not particularly happy with it, but I glazed over it for the most part, because of the type of story this is and that it's Yamada. The story is without precedence where as a reader, I would be worried about the relationship between Kase and Yamada. Mikawa has never crossed the boundary between best-friend and something more while Yamada has never shown interest in Mikawa. And I highly doubt the story will ever take this direction.
My take was less focused on Mikawa but on Kase. While we've seen her jealousy flare up a few times, it's still relatively rare, especially in a way this (cute and) toned down. The whole chapter made me feel like it was more focused on Kase's reactions and emotions than on Yamada. Although the chapter is supposedly from Yamada's POV. Still, the character Yamada still doesn't quite respond to Kase's very distinct displays of emotion here. I also wonder if this represents a shift of narration by the author who also wants to show more of Kase's take on... well, everything.
My best guess is that with how busy Kase is, Mikawa may have been the only one available at the time and with such a momentous achievement for Yamada, of course she'd want to share it with the first person she could. Kase of course knew she passed, just not that Yamada was blubbering in triumph and relief. Yamada also could of simply have been too embarrassed to let Kase see her in that state. It may have been a tiny bit insensitive, but Kase is also the jealous type, even feeling defeated when Mikawa told Kase that she and Yamada exchange presents every year. There may have been another moment as well.
Yes. I am still surprised tho, that most comments here focus on Kase's more sexual desires (which was just her 'blink and you'll miss it' glance at the end) rather than this much more prominent and overacted display of "I am miffed about my GF not sharing (or being able to share) things and situations that are this important to her" (And yeah, Kase's not blaming anyone, but she's still upset about the fact) - I know, it's well established Kase's the perfect gf, but... hey, look! She's really really that emotional about Yamada! She literally lost her cool - not going rage-mode, but internally obsessing, and shown to do so... which to my recollection of this story is not a common sight. That's usually a Yamada-thing to do...
Really, correct me if I'm wrong, but this whole chapter seemed to me quite loaded with expressive Kase... (in a good way, tho)
Aside from all that, and while I still am not very fond of Mikawa, I do like how she's respectful of Kase's feelings and conscious of Yamada's naivety and minor lack of sensitivity from time to time.
I very much agree with that. Mikawa is still hard to read and a bit difficult to like... But she seems to be on some kind of redemption-arc after her previous meddling and rumor-spreading.