25 – New Move
The plot of this
chapter feels similar, and that’s coz it is.
Mea comes over to the Rito household for dinner, and mimicking the
chapter when Yami did that, she cuts the vegetables too… Anyway, it goes well for most of the chapter,
until Mea loses control, and slices everyone, well, just their clothes. This felt contrived… but compared to previous
attempts, it’s actually not terrible.
Oh, there’s another scene where Celine thinks Lala has milk, which felt
like unnecessary padding. Anyway, we see
the similarities of Mea’s personality compared to Yami when she first came to
Earth. What’s different, is that Mea
loses control much more easily (and is more scary doing so). In the end, we didn’t learn much that was
new, only that Master is still hinting at the ‘darkness’ inside Yami, that we
will have to wait until it blossoms.
26 – Unconsciously
There were a few
scenes that actually tugged a smile out of me.
One of them was something that the author hadn’t used before, and
another was just the running gag of someone coming in at the wrong time. The chapter focuses on Haruna, but nothing
much happens except that Momo explains her plan with Rito to Haruna. Surprisingly, she seems to like that
idea… Anyway, seeing Rito stumble and
the two having some quality time together, it wasn't such a bad chapter
overall.
27 – Adventure
It seems to be a
recurring theme that the plot device is to have the main character Rito (or
some other main such as Haruno) change into an animal, tries to find Nana but
ends up wrecking havoc. It’s the same
here. Thankfully, the humour is
different enough to the other chapters such that it’s actually funny and
refreshing.
You can pretty much guess
what happens though. I wish that the
author could think of something else to write about and to further the already
thin plot of the series instead of dabbling along these type of plots.
28 – Infiltration
Surprisingly, this
chapter focused upon Kyouko. That’s the
only surprise you’d get though because everything follows the same
routine. Rito can't be helped but get
thrusted upon the situation, Kyouko gets into some sort of trouble and Rito
becomes the shining prince. What can
Kyouko do but fall for him at that time?
Yes, it’s shallow, it’s overdone, but what can you do?
Some of the older gags come back into play,
such as Motemitsu, and he’s as funny as ever.
There is a scene in which Rito exclaims that Kyouko looks like Haruna
with her hair down, and you’re like, “you think?!”, when all the females in
this manga barely have any difference now.
The author also reuses the situation in which Rito and Kyouko get into
some sort of awkward predicament, at least he didn’t get embarrassed when they
fall out of the locker.
Extra – Girl of Blaze Magical Kyouko Flame
Right from the start, you know what’s going to happen to Run’s costume. Anyway, I’m surprised Kyouko makes an appearance here; it seems that some past characters are finally getting an appearance. In one scene though, Kyouko’s face and expression looked so similar to Mea’s (or some other character), which was kinda odd, as it makes each character lose their distinct feel. I actually had a laugh at some places, so the character cannot be completely written off. The Principal’s appearance felt a bit forced and contrived, but overall, it’s not terrible.
Extra - It Feels
Extra - It Feels
What a pointless chapter. What basically happens here is you get to see things happening to Tearju, and it feels just like a typical hentai manga. It’s fairly unoriginal and boring, and it ends with the standard thing of Rito being chased by Yami. The things that happen in the chapter just feels old and overdone already.
Overall
A volume filled with old
plot and tricks. There is no more
originality in the plot anymore, it just seems that they are so lazy and can't
come up with any more ideas so decided to use some old ones. While the drawings are as nice as ever, it
can only go so far without a solid story.
The volume of ecchi fluctuates with each chapter and it can get
uncomfortable intense sometimes.
