>>4183882We need to spin this to our advantage. I believe we have at least 2 favourable options in this situation:
1. Although Umaru specified "next year", that does not necessarily mean the following year. When using the word "next", you are speaking about the "future". So when Umaru said "next year", she meant an unspecified year in the future.
2. "Get serious" about what exactly? Umaru only specified that she would "get serious", but never specifically mentioned what she would become serious about. Therefore, whatever she would get serious about could cover a wide variety of things.
