Is it just me, or did it seem like his confession keep her from commiting suicide? Cause those last few panels made it seem like she was so depressed and she was about to jump. If so I'm glad they got together before it was to late.
The feels in this release, just WOW!!! You really get the feeling that even though he was blackmailed into doing it, doing so saved her and pulled her away from despair and suicide. It was wonderful.
And when those other guys eventually learned that Ichijou is actually a very cute girl, and that she and Nagayoshi had become a couple, there was "... weeping and gnashing of teeth.", plus they muttered under their breadth at Nagayoshi: "You Lucky Bastard (GRR)!"
BEST! PAYBACK!!! EVER!!!!! ..... this one is APPROVED, Key-Sensei.
...Well, in a way his friends were wingmen for him?
Still, it was one of those stories where she's just happy someone wanted/needed her or said they like her in any way, and even though it was just a bet he made at first, it seems that he genuinely came to like her, so...That's definitely great.
She's a good girl who deserves some sweet loving and I'm glad he was there to oblige.
Not sure myself whether it was all entirely a bet, or (if I saw Page 1 right), his (*cough-cough*) "friends(?)" held him down and took a picture of him with no pants or underwear on, and thereby coerced him into approaching her. But I agree; both he and "Shade-chan" as she was labelled by their classmates deserved the happy ending.
The start of the story makes me remember Gantz. The protagonist also asked the girl as a punishment and they ended up loving each other at the end.
Really nice chapter!