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I've followed every chapter as the author just posts all of them on her twitter. If you like this story, you should follow her(?) twitter as well. The English translation is about 7 chapters behind. The first 20 or so chapters are mainly rom-com style that ease the reader into them but the main story is the Mizuki "senpai," who possesses the power to predict the future, pretends to be older than the protagonist and fell in love with him because she was treated as a tool by her parents who sold her to capitals that would use her ability to make fortunes while he ... treats her as a normal human being. The latest chapters came up with the mp rejecting her confession when they were both in the beach hotel his younger sister won from a big eater challenge despite her kissing and attempting to have sex with him while others were sleeping, as the mp feels she should have a more normal life rather than finding him to be the only "special" person because he is "normal."

The setting is not very special but the way how everyone behaves makes this manga quite fun to read. The author uses a technique known as "電波系／でんぱけい(Denpa-kei)" which makes the story and conversation progression largely indirect and requires the readers to make the connections between grids, or a few steps of the logic in conversations are skipped. As I am neither native English or Japanese speaker myself I believe a few things are lost in translation. Like the author's other work, this is one of those mangas that the main framework are not too different from other ones but the details are all unique. Would recommend to people who want a different experience and an alternative to generic styles of manga.

Some manga stands up to time, some does not.
This piece, fortunately, is the former one. But very unfortunately, it was largely mistranslated according to a user on mangaupdates. (mangaupdates.com/series/bzvaty1/getsuyoubi-no-tomodachi) As a native mandarin speaker I read it with the Chinese scanlation and I found completely different writing so I am confident to prove him right. Other than that, it is easy to be brought into tears if you read the original text. The rough translation about the peak moment in the last chapter is as follows,

"When you become an adult. If you, without a reason, suddenly, or occasionally, thought of me who is working in ... this small town, even just this, I would feel how fortunate I am.
"But if you, can get along with me who walks on the path, what a wonderful thing that will be.
"I fascinate such a thing."

The core of this work is the lines above, and the scene in the page. Everything else are the paths that led to them and take you away. Everything is said and unsaid. The ending leaves open to the readers, while both main characters no longer show up, as it is all about the uncertainty of the future and the wish to have someone by one's side. The indirect yet beautiful expression explains it all.