I AM SO LATE and i don't want to spam the other chapters so i'll dump most of my reactions here. sorry.

and i am also incoherent because OH MY GOODNESS ARAMAKI IS SO CUTE, WHY IS HE SO CUTE!?!? i can't stand it, i really can't it drives me to tears almost and makes me lose half of my vocabulary and all of my wit.

and AYU, she's also very cute?!?!? i'm really warming up to her, a LOT. also, are those ~feelings~ developing there, ayu~?? oh my~ seriously though, it's good for her to develop bonds based on affection instead of how useful they are to her.

actually there's a HUGE increase in my fondness for the other girls in these last few chapters, like chisa. i liked her before but i LOVE her now, SO BOSS. and fujiko imagining ban was so adorably funny.

...but did they just unleash a fungal scourge on the valley? or maybe it's like a seasonal thing? IT'S MUSHROOM WINTERTIME, EVERYBODY RUN FOR THE HILLS? [EDIT: never mind i'm an idiot who speed-reads when she should be looking at details] oh well, as long as they leave the place quick.

......wait, aramaki and ayu are headed right into that mess aren't they?

ps: THEY ATE THE PIGGYBARA!?!?!?!??!?! noooooooooooooo well honestly i suspected it from chisa's description coupled with that provocative title plus i'm kind of used to eating animals i've grown to like, after a time of coddling and feeding, but she's NOT and anyway she had no intention of eating it, she treated it like a pet/family and that must have been nauseating.

anyway hopefully i'll have MUCH more free time near christmastime, i want to catch every update as it goes up. good luck with with your business and don't mind the delays, rl takes priority!

pps: wow that two-page spread must've been hard. wonderful work, i'm awed and envious!