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"I think you should throw more fuel on the fire though" - Souichi
This is the level of savage I aspire to. I love how this chapter shows such growth in their relationship. Coming with the family to spend Obon means you are either family or as close as family. Souichi basically told Morinaga that he's a part of his family. Then there at the end he told him it's okay to cut off his parents because he has Souichi's family plus Morinaga's friends to be there for him. The fact that he mentions himself separate from Morinaga's friends is also very telling even if he didn't intend it to come out that way. He placed his own importance as separate from Morinaga's friends even after so many years of insisting they were just roommates and friends.
We have waited well over a decade for this level of development and it's so good!