Yumeko has a very tense poker showdown with another student council member. Amidst all the card play, the creators try to see how many times they can have characters subtly and deliberately flip the bird. The fan service is more . . . organic? . . . tying into the emotional states of the characters this time around -- sort of like the clothes bursting in Food Wars -- but it's still creepy.

I'm grateful that as in previous volumes the game of chance is completed before the end of the book. There's no cliffhanger, but I'm still interested in seeing what the next volume brings.

p.s., As I prepared to return Vols. 3, 4, and 5 to the library, I finally realized that the odd-looking covers combine into a larger image:


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