Volume 14 of A Side Character's Love Story follows Nobuko's first steps post-graduation, with her new civil service job in Ehime -- "long distance" from Hiroki (but it's not actually that big of a deal, speaking as someone who has been in a long distance relationship that required a full day of travelling -- the ability to pop over for the day, as Nobuko does in this volume, would have been amazing to me!).

Speaking of which, Nobuko showing up to see Hiroki's dad is too cute, and a bold move for her that makes sense with how far she's got in their relationship. That's something Hiroki would've done for her at first!

It's also nice to see Nobuko settling in, meeting new people, etc. She's much more confident than she was at the start of the series, even if she doesn't see it herself! She's worked hard.