Uh. They really pulled the “passing train” trope 🙄 this volume actually did annoy me a bit, though I still enjoyed it overall. I felt sorry for Hananoi, with his dense and neglectful parents.
Hah. I knew Shibamu and that teacher were suspicious. Im still wondering if Hotaru’s older sister will end up with the store manager, though he’s probably a bit old for her. I rolled my eyes quite a bit at the “long distance” relationship (oh noes, a whole week apart!) and her sister’s bratty behavior. I would like to note that for an athletic teen that trains ALL THE TIME, wearing a few pounds of clothes while falling in the pool isn’t going to pose a problem. It’s a pool, the edge is right there. And yet her eldest sister also freaked out that a healthy kid fell in the pool….I did like that Hananoi told her that other people aren’t background characters to her story, though to be honest, I didn’t get the feeling that’s how she felt. That part seemed a little odd, as if they weren’t talking about the same subject.