Komi and Manbagi continue to slowly and shyly vie for Tadano's affections in their love triangle, with one maybe having a slight accidental breakthrough. The future will tell.

Meanwhile too much time still feels stolen away to touch on Komi's dozens of friends who are becoming increasingly difficult to differentiate by their sheer number. The gift giving and snowboarding sequences would have been better with a smaller group of secondary characters who had more time to be developed more fully. ( )