[Johnny]

Spoiler for ch 2:

Time skip indeed. Have to wait for scans to see what the gist of it was about, but he could've done a better job of making his two male characters different. I got the two confused at first when they both were together. Looks he has another feminine male friend again with the one that looks like him...

Spoiler for ch 3:

At the end. Yeah it wasn't too surprising, but yup his old friend is alive...