Yes, it does end with a bit of a cliffhanger. The chapter cuts off just as the senpai's unusual 'experiment' is about to reach its weird conclusion, leaving you hanging for the next update. That feeling of waiting for a resolution makes me think of another office romance, 'Proposal No. 18: Still Lost to Her Childhood Sweetheart'. It's about two co-workers bound by a long-forgotten childhood pact, and the tension comes from their struggle to maintain a strictly professional relationship while the past keeps pulling them back into awkward, private moments.
No major cliffhanger. Senpai's weird project concludes, the workday ends. The chapter closes on the kouhai's exhausted but resigned thought about tomorrow probably being just as strange. It's a satisfying endpoint for that particular bit of office surrealism.
That chapter eight wraps up a specific office day scenario pretty cleanly, actually. The weird senpai finishes his bizarre 'work'—I think it was building a miniature castle out of office supplies that time—and the observing kouhai goes home. There's a hint about what he might do tomorrow, but it's more of a teaser than a real cliffhanger where you're left agonizing. The series' structure is more about contained daily vignettes than a continuous plot.
If you're reading for the over-the-top antics and the kouhai's internal screaming, the chapter delivers. It doesn't cut off mid-construction or leave a huge mystery unresolved. The 'cliffhanger' feeling is pretty mild compared to a plot-driven manga. You can probably wait for chapter nine without feeling tortured.
Wait, which version are you reading? Some scanlation groups split chapters differently, and I've seen a version where chapter eight ends with senpai staring intently at a newly delivered package, with the kouhai wondering what fresh horror is inside. That's a bit more of a classic 'what's in the box?!' cliffhanger.
If your copy ends with them both clocking out and leaving, then nah, no sweat. But if it's the package one, yeah, that's a tiny hook to make you curious for the next installment. Honestly, even the biggest hooks in this series are gentle nudges. The core appeal is the routine of the absurd, not suspense.
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Just finished hunting for this myself last week! Legally, your absolute safest route is BookWalker. They've got all the chapters licensed, including the latest one, and you can buy individual chapters or the volume bundles. That's where I read it.
I've heard some people use sites like Comic Days or ComiXology, but availability really depends on your region. I'd just head straight to BookWalker; their app is decent for mobile reading. The chapter's a riot—Sensuke's new 'efficiency' project had me laughing out loud on the train.