Seriously, I will never give a volume of this more than three stars if she gets more than a cameo because she is that icky. Then there’s a segment featuring Yanai, and if you’ve read my previous thoughts on her, well, this is not her best story because a meteorite did not strike her down where she stood. None of these stories is the series at its best, honestly, and the new friend they add this volume, Ase, whose big thing is that she sweats a lot, is dropped just as quickly as she’s introduced (note to authors: the definitive manga about hyperhydrosis exists and it’s Sweat & Soap, not yours). Then we get another ridiculous Najimi game, delinquents of questionable purpose, and random fashion shows. At any rate, we start off with a pretty cute vacation encounter between Komi and Tadano that ends up in a surprising place with unsurprising results. If we actually expect Komi to reach 100 friends, this series is going to take forever. Maybe Komi doesn’t want to communicate? Did you ever think about that? Okay, fine, she does, but when confronted with an average entry in an uneven series, you’re not getting me to waste my good material that easily.
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