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For people who have been waiting for an update, sorry to say that chapter 16 is the most recent chapter in the JP raws as well.

In Jan 2019, the author tweeted for the first time since Jun 2018 since this comics won an award. In this tweet they talk about taking care of your mental health so it is reasonable to assume they were having a rough time irl.
https://twitter.com/str_okmt/status/1088042634143092741?s=20

In this consecutive tweet also tweeted on the same day, the author says they have plans to resume the comics and will inform everyone closer to the date.
https://twitter.com/str_okmt/status/1088043851229478912?s=20

As of now a year has passed and the comic has been given a drama CD but there have been no updates from the author themselves as to when the next chapter will come out since it was published in a magazine and on pixiv comic on a chapter by chapter basis (as to being full volumes only).

Note that this is DOES NOT MEAN THE SERIES WAS DROPPED/AXED BY THE AUTHOR, as when that happens the author has the responsibility to let their fans know. In all my years of reading and following authors there has never been a time where they failed to tell the fans if their story was going to be discontinued. The only thing we know is that after the creation of chapter 16, the author may have had some problems with their mental health and since then has been doing their best to return. Even if the author ends up being unable to finish this story ever, I hope they are doing well in real life

i went deeper into the comments and some people are giving so much hate to Kaoru but ?? do you even understand what immediately cutting off the string after telling him would have meant for his mental state? This is not something light, it was a FATED partner. All of Kaoru's past people who left him to be with their partner,, were they evil people? No. They were just normal humans. So how can he believe that he would do the right thing by cutting of Hara's chances to be with something like predetermined destiny so easily?! He wasn't testing Hara, he was testing fate. Before this, even though Hara reassured him of his love, the situation hadn't come to what it came in the past with him for his lovers. So how should he know whether that love will hold up in face of the fated person appearing?! Plus its easier to be in Haras place and say something like ‘Cut them off’ but to carry the burden of making that decision and cutting it off by your hand is something so much tougher. You're taking a chance at happiness from someone you love so much. Will it feel easy to do? I'm so insecure so I felt even sad when Kaoru progressed and did it because I wished he wouldn't have had to take that burden on his head. But wow, wow some people are hating on him because he didn't want to be the one to take Haras fated person away from him. And he even saw Aratos story where the string kept connecting and fated people really do fall in love. He's had nothing but that around him. How can you hate on him? I feel really crushed that such sentiment exists. I just think he's so so brave. And lovely. Sorry this got long.