by Karuho Shiina, 181 pages
Sawako basks in the happy glow of hanging out with friends on a Saturday night (new experience!), stutters as she tries to get used to calling her friends by their first names (also new!), learns how to kick a soccer ball so that it goes where she intends for it to go (new!), and finds it suddenly very awkward to look at or speak to Kazehaya without blushing and having her mind go blank (oh, so very new!!). Luckily, she's somehow made another new friend named Kurumi, a beautiful, perfect girl who's known Kazehaya for years and who kindly offers Sawako advice on how to deal with her spontaneous nervousness. Protective Yano and Yoshida suspect Kurumi's motives may not be as pure as she claims, but, knowing Sawako, they wonder if ill-prepared Kurumi will really get the results she expects.
Ha ha ha ha! This series just gets better and better. Something's always going on in the background: somebody's scratching their belly or spacing out or making funny little asides. And that makes for a richer story and better developed characters and relationships. I laugh out loud and giggle and snort into the pages often. It's just too adorable! I especially want to "woo hoo!" for Sawako's naive, trusting, can-do attitude that lets her be both pathologically shy and willing to put herself out there at the same time. If there's one thing Sawako hates, it's a misunderstanding. And that innate drive to be honest--with herself and with others--is her strongest weapon. You go, girl!
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