Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Kimi ni Todoke: Volume 9

by Karuho Shiina, 171 pages

A well-meaning interloper misreads Sawako and Kazehaya's relationship, compounding their misunderstandings and self-doubt. Will these two dense kiddos ever stop talking at cross purposes?

Following setback after setback, could forward progress actually be afoot at last?! All the tension-building and reader-teasing up to now has been frustrating but, surprisingly, in a happiness-promoting sort of way. The reader doesn't feel like she's being tweaked around by an author putting off a story-ending resolution; rather, she thinks all the baby-steps and hard work to get there will just make the payoff that much better and that there'll be more for the characters to learn and experience on the other side. That said, she's pleased as punch that she may be about to find out what that other side looks like. :P *crosses fingers* Go, Sawako!

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