I’m liking the progression with who Akari will love. Her parents maybe divorcing is still hanging in the air, and Akari’s feelings are muddled as ever. I said this before but I’m finding Yuna and Rio sickly sweet like that one high school couple who blocks the lockers because they’re too busy hugging or tonguing each other; now, those two are still sweet and wholesome, but Akari’s plight is just way more interesting now. 

And Ryosuke’s a likeable love rival but very blunt. I love how he’s doesn’t have time for Inui’s flamboyant declarations lol. Be about it or shut up. It’s rare to see any development in a love rival, but Ryosuke shows growth this volume. He’s more earnest about his feelings and regrets that he wasn’t sooner.