Repercussions

At the end of Chapter 4, due to a misunderstanding, the two good friends of Kuronuma Sawako could not sleep all night.

Because of this misunderstanding, Kuronuma Sawako believed that rumors were spreading about the two of them only because they were getting too close to an unpopular person like her.

And to prevent this kind of thing from happening again, Kuronuma Sawako didn't even dare to approach Kazehaya Shouta.

She proactively returned to the state of being all alone, just as she was before the first episode aired.

Kuronuma's apology to Yano and Yoshida was even misinterpreted as an apology for spreading rumors about them...

In the end, Yano and Yoshida were both confused, and the fans watching were just as confused.

Because of Kuronuma's sudden coldness toward everyone, Kazehaya also came over to try and figure out the situation, but Kuronuma ran away.

"Is avoiding you the right thing to do? Or is it wrong... I don't know... I don't know..."

"I just don't know..."

Amidst the anxious self-interrogation within Sawako's heart, the ending theme of Kimi ni Todoke began to play.

Many fans only then realized that their hands were clenched tightly.

Inside their hearts, it was unbearably painful.

This pain wasn't the kind of feeling from being abused, but rather the tension and anxiety of the plot reaching a breaking point, the kind of feeling where one could find absolutely no way to resolve the upcoming situation.

That's right... they had "gotten the itch"!

If the sound effect "ehehe..." were to pop up in the ears of these fans at this moment, they would definitely explode.

Generally speaking, for battle-themed manga, no matter what kind of predicament the protagonist is in, the audience doesn't feel much of a sense of crisis, as the concept that the