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Love Arc Chapter Thirty-Three: Chiaki’s Cry for Help?

Original Release: August 30, 2020 (Fanfiction.net), August 31, 2020 (AO3)

Summary

On her way to a date with Makoto, Kyoko runs into Chiaki who pleads with her to investigate Hajime Hinata's disappearance. Will Kyoko take on the case?

Tropes

• Call-Forward: When Kyoko suggest that she sleeps in Makoto's room to help with his stomachache, Makoto gets worried that Taka would think about it. He even thinks about how Taka would say that a boy and a girl sharing a room together would be unwholesome, something that he would say about Aoi and Sakura during the Killing Game.
• Continuity Nod: While talking to Kyoko about Hajime's disappearance, Chisa brings up his confrontation with Juzo over Natsumi's death.
• Get Your Mind Out of the Gutter: When Kyoko tells Makoto to take his shirt off, he assumes that she wants to have sex with him. Kyoko then says the trope name as she clarifies that she wants his shirt off so she could help soothe his aching stomach.
• Valentine's Day Episode: Downplayed as the events on Valentine's Day only appears at the beginning of the chapter.