The plot really sticks to the "slice-of-life" mode with a valiant type of stubbornness: there's no major story arcs to speak of besides the everyday life of the protagonist and his gradual adjustment to life in the countryside, but there does seem to be some foreshadowing in these latest chapters toward a few late-in-the-game developments. The mood of the story reminds me a bit of a cross between GTO and Yotsuba but Chion-san moves at much slower pace than the former. Expressions and poses are what the author seems to focus on rather than the development of characters, but that's not a dealbreaker for a work that doesn't need a deeply intricate cast to succeed in being beautiful. At the very least, the minor characters in the protagonist's friend group feel slightly less generic than in Fujiyama, but they still don't have any major bearing on the direction of the work itself, which appears content to laze about like a housecat taking a nap in the afternoon sun.
