User blog comment:Jopjopjop/Volume 19 Spoilers/@comment-3965848-20150421211347/@comment-1359322-20150422164254

Plan male harem for Ise. ^__^

But seriously jokes aside, Ishibumi probably intends to ship Kiba x Tsubaki. He just hasn't found the chance yet. He originally planned to have a KibaxTsubaki scene in Volume 17 but had to take it out (i forgot the actual reason but i think it has something to do with the no. of pages).