This volume’s rather cute but still with the weirdness you’d come to expect from this series. I still can't stand Yamai. ( )

This volume is the near perfect epitome of the series, capturing all the appealing aspects (and a couple minor peeves).

Foremost, we have incremental but joyous progress in the shy, gentle romance between Shoko Komi and Hitohito Tadano, and an equal amount of slow but steady development in the romantic rival who will inevitably cause some drama down the road.

Various members of the Komi and Tadano families -- some of the better supporting cast members -- get featured in multiple chapters throughout, with the two families meeting for the first time during a Golden Week vacation, more from the weird relationship between the respective younger siblings, and another flashback to Komi's parents as teens.

Stupidly fun gags are dragged out of the communication misunderstanding between Komi, Kotai, and a new gang of bullies.

The only drawbacks are maybe a little too much time spent on tertiary characters and any panels given over to Komi's creepy stalker, Ren Yamai. ( )