Jmare007
pico pal q lee
Nah, I'm caught up and don't feel I missed anything really significant. I don't need to read with attention the 3rd, 4th or 5th flashback with Chinatsu junior high friend. Or the new kid that's gonna end up with Hina, or the basketball dude that wanted to be with Chinatsu. There's tons of stuff that isn't that compelling to me to read in detail.Though the romance writing is more subtle, so if you were skimming chapters, you would miss some more subtle stuff. That allows the romance side to shine at least.
Agreed on what you said on the anime. Now I get why it fell off to me the way it did.