I read 1 and 2 a while back from last year, which is why I can't give them proper reviews since my memory of them is too hazy. Still, I picked up volume 3 simply for the purpose of experiencing the original medium of this story, the light novels. While it's trope-heavy and that makes it a starkly different reading experience from just watching the anime or seeing those things played out on manga panels - there's a lot more emphasis on certain key plot elements such as the school council election, which the adaptation sometimes glosses over and the world appears to be a lot more fleshed out when written with dialogue and descriptions to lay down the foundations. Alya has character development (great). Yuki's gremlin personality and conscience of her place are somehow emphasised here even more. I'm not sure how to feel about that in particular.
It's a nice and easy read. Sometimes, it's a little cringeworthy, and sometimes, it attempts to sell the female protagonist a little too hard. Overall, it's a nice palette cleanser for an afternoon sit-down. You can clearly notice the pace picking up, and many of the following critiques can be overlooked since I had a great time reading, a real page turner (at least for me).
Alya Kujou and Masachika Kuze are really in a fight with Yuki Suou for the Student Council Presidency. Yuki gets Alya to come on her afternoon announcement program on a day when Masachika is out with a cold and ambushes her with questions before hand that shake her confidence. So Masachika has to come up with a strategy to outwit Yuki during the Student Council closing ceremony that will let Alya set the rules rather than Yuki. It will be interesting to see how the sibling rivalry plays out in the next volume!
Super strong 7/10 Read like 150 pages of this in 24 hours and I want 300 more. I was really into the student president arc and legit got giddy each time the two main characters were alone, reminds me of binging a 12 episode romance anime in a day. Lowkey might blitz the vol 4 next month since I have it. That's another reason I picked this back up from dropped I was 100 odd pages deep and It's alot easier then starting a new novel.
One last point, the author note made me Lol irl...
Theo sau cuộc tranh biện thì là những diễn biến mới trong cuộc bầu cử, và chuyện tình cảm giữa nam chính Kuze Masachika và nữ chính Kujou Alisa. Có thôi miên, có thăm và chăm sóc người ốm, và có phát biểu trong lễ bế giảng.
Đôi chỗ tác giả mô tả khá kĩ mấy chi tiết ecchi hay máu M nên mình không thích lắm, nhưng bỏ qua đoạn đó thì cũng oke.