[It was the beginning of a beautiful companionship. If only they could toast over a cup of warm sake, it would definitely be a pact.] If you buy, I will drink with you. [The inside of his mouth was beginning to numb, but that would not stop his resolve. He had to live long enough to follow-through on his brain child.]

Maybe they forgot? Like when a Manga artist realizes they have bitten off more than they could chew - so they litter their work with plot holes. It seems manageable to them at the time, but when the reader is exposed to it - they're forced to pull their hair out at the asinine details the author left. After a while, they must create their own stories to fill in the blanks that were left to them.

We, now, are the readers. [This got away from him. Not that he cared.] So now we must make our own reality. Most of the time that is better than what the manga creator had in mind in the first place! So our objective is much better than what they could have thought of.