Really glad you enjoyed it - this section is one of my favorite parts of the book 
Week 10 - ch 3 pt 4/5 impressions
General thought: I love this section - the way Maki’s mom handles the situation (and all the delightful awkwardness), clandestine moments with Umi, some “not quite feelings (yet?)” moments, Asanagi getting reprimanded (and not totally let off the hook, after Maki leaves), Sora teasing the hell out of Umi, while trying to get to know Maki a bit, etc. In general, I love the family & parenting moments in this series a lot.
A small complaint: why does Sora have to be 美人? I headcanon her as more “average mom” in appearance/demeanor… To the point that it really threw me off, when I saw her in the manga adaptation (which is not terrible, but kinda meh, cuz of some stuff it reorders or condenses)
母さんに起こされた時、時刻はすでに夜の○時を過ぎていた。
Well past curfew 
「うん、よろしくね海ちゃん。じゃあ、制服が皺になっちゃうといけないから、私の寝間着に着替えて。 あ、その前にお風呂に入らなきゃね。上がったら、女同士で色々お話しましょ。…………真樹、アンタは自分の部屋に戻ってなさい」
I know Japan’s got a different bathing culture (and this is a LN) and stuff, but I cannot imagine taking a bath with my friend’s mother in high school. I would be soooooo uncomfortable
ほわん、と湯煙の向こうにいる朝凪の姿が脳裏に――。
「･･････いやいや、アホか俺は」
Yup, totally normal friend moment, picturing your friend in the bath. Nothing to see here
そう考えると、どんどん心臓の鼓動が速くなってくる。
Again totally normal friend moment…
あははっ、もう、ちょっとおどかしただけなのに、なにそんな驚いてんの。今の前原、百均のおもちゃのカエルみたいに勢いよく飛び跳ねてたよ」
Lol, wut?! (Both the particular toy, and the fact that she compared him to a 
). On an irrelevant note, I can’t help but be amused whenever I see カエル, bc of a certain part of 薬屋のひとりごと 
「あ、そだ。寝間着だけど、おばさんのやつがちょっとサイズ合わなかったから、前原のスウェット借りちゃった。ごめんね」
Not sure I buy this
不良も不良である。もし、この話が何かのはずみでクラスに漏れでもしたら朝凪のイメージダウンは避けられないだろう。
Is accidentally falling asleep really that bad? Is it the thing where they were in his room together? Idk not that important
「･･････夕にこの関係を打ち明けようって?」
「うん。もしかして、朝凪も考えてた?」
「お風呂の時に、ちょっとね。まあ、いい加減限界だよね」
Kinda random timing? But cool that they were both having the same background thought, and that they’re finally planning to tell her
「よし、この話はこれで終わり。………………で、後は何話そっか? せっかくの機会だし、やっぱりここは定番のコイバ･･････あっ」
Amused at the thought of either one of them and 恋バナ … Also let the poor kid go, before y’all get caught
(ちょっとだけ、ちょっとだけだけど、めっちゃ可愛いかもって思ってしまった……………)
Sure, “just a little”…
今日の夜はもうしばらく眠れそうにない。
結局その夜は妙にドキドキして寝付けなかった俺だが、
I know I probably lost sleep over any number of dumb things in high school, but this seems a bit extreme…
「いや、こういうのは早いほうがいいし、俺もいつかは行かなきゃって思ってたから」
Interesting - I don’t think I really cared about meeting my friends’ parents in high school. It’s just sorta something that happened (I mean it happened eventually anyway)
「ほら、こんな感じでね。せっかく娘が家に連れてきた初めてのボーイフレンドなんだから、そういうれ初め的なの、おばさんとしては興味津々じゃない?」
She thinks they’re dating already?!?! Well I guess that explains the previous remark
「前原君、海のこと、これからもよろしくね。こんな子だけど、根は凄く素直でいい子だから。あ、もし良ければ今度はこっちにお泊りする? それなら私が見てあげられるから安心だし･･････うん、いいアイデアだわこれ」
Ok I love Sora, and how hard she’s teasing Umi rn, but this seems a little too trusting, a little too soon. Otoh I kinda like the “this happened/might happen anyway, so may as well do it with parental consent” approach - reminds me of some of my friends’ parents, when I was younger
Other thoughts: I was surprised to learn that Umi hadn’t stayed over Yuu’s before. Also, all the stuff about Umi hanging with Yuu - I appreciate that Sora didn’t curtail Umi’s plans with Yuu, on account of this. That could have brought their whole little secret crashing down, real fast.
Speaking of, I wonder if Sora knows Umi’s been keeping this a secret from Yuu? Seems like something that could casually come up with her mom/in conversation very easily.
