
I found it strange at first that a romanticization of London's Crystal Palace was the conceit, given that the Great Exhibition was more a gross manifestation of imperialism and colonization than anything... but then I was like oh wait this works because this story is fucked up too. Dang.

Yes, exactly! And as the Great Exhibition was sort of racist and exploitative at its core (underneath all the romanticization) so it works well with this story because like, the perfect things we yearn for may not be the idyllic dreams we think they are--sometimes they're just banal, or an illusion, and we ignore how messed up it might be in reality.

I really wanted Misaki's sister-in-law to realize what was up and am kind of sad she didn't. Women's intuition and all. Holding out hope that this does happen though!

I thought the same thing. For a sec I thought she figured it out after seeing those two interact with each other, but then she asked Misaki if he went to the theme park with his gf >< Pretty much everyone on Usagi-san's side knows, I wonder who will be the first one to figure it out on Misaki's side...

Thinking about it now, her asking about the girlfriend might actually be a way to confirm the declaration Usagi made of "knowing something is precious before losing it". He also nodded to her as if saying "you're intuition is right". At least she noticed Misaki's reluctance of leaving Usagi's side. Can't wait for what's to come ~

Reposting for anyone who hasn't seen my translations/spoilers of chapter 5:
http://www.mangago.zone/home/mangatopic/1031630/
You can find raws here:
http://www.77mh.com/colist_237592.html
That red head kid is totally going to look at the note... I bet He Tian knows it too, so the note will be making fun of him~ (づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ