I'm currently reading the Manga of this novel and I'm on chapter 37, can someone tell me; will I miss anything important if I just go to straight into this area of the novel, or would I have to read from the start to understand whats going on?
you won't miss anything very important in the story in the manga and WN as these 2 follow the same path. it would be minor details that have very little bearing in the later parts of the story but is seen in the bonus chapters example, in the flashback with Shen in the manga- it only shows the confession of his kouhai in the WN - it shows the confession of his classmate and kouhai