No longer lonely... and now with even more to lose (Rent-A-Girlfriend's cohabitation arc, chs. 256-261)
One of the things I think useful about looking back an entire sequence of chapters now, instead of the weekly breakdowns, is the ability to put things in perspective. We sat through 6 chapters of Rent-A-Girlfriend doing its best slice of life comedy impression, and now we’re back in soap opera mode, raising the opportunity for a higher-stakes clash now that we see what Kazuya and Chizuru have to lose. Chizuru can now smile about this situation, with no regrets. (261) Accepting Kazuya closer to her heart We saw back in ch. 250 how Chizuru felt alone and disconnected , having had to move away from Kazuya and into the empty house her grandma left behind. That sense of isolation led her to contemplate reaching out to Kazuya, to go out past her bedtime to see him when given the slightest reason, and to accept the opportunity host him at her home—at least for the next month. Chizuru has emerged from the first few days of their new arrangement all the brighter for it. S...