While Wataya had been hiding some of the scarier parts of his overprotectiveness in previous volumes, he finally lets them all out when he’s put in a position where he has to protect Sena.
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Info about this series (ongoing)
There are currently eight volumes in Japanese. This series does not have an English release.
TL;DR rating
I’m glad I gave this series a second chance, I really am enjoying it a lot more the second time around. I found Wataya’s character to really shine in this volume, I’m excited to see how his growth will affect the story going forward!
My thoughts on this volume (Spoilers!)
My main complaint with this series the first time around was that I found it to be too frustrating to be able to enjoy. So, I put it down for about a year, and decided to try coming back to it with fresh eyes and a new perspective. This turned out to be the right call, as while I do still find it to be a bit frustrating, I am able to enjoy it enough that I’m always excited to pick up the next volume.
In volume three, the only character I had problems with was our main character, Sena. Hoshino-sensei does have a tendency to write her female leads on the more innocent and naive side so I knew what I was getting into when I started reading the series, but sometimes I find the level of oblivious that Sena can achieve to be incredibly frustrating.
In this volume, we’re introduced to a clear love rival for Wataya’s affection. While the girl herself acts innocent and tells Sena that she no longer has feelings for him, it’s made blatantly clear that she’s a rival with no morals. This goes right over Sena’s head unfortunately, and when the rival invites Wataya and Sena to go to the beach together, Sena agrees. So it would be Sena, Sena’s boyfriend, and the girl who “used to” like Sena’s boyfriend… Even if it was true that she doesn’t have feelings for him anymore, there’s no world in which this is a normal grouping, right?
Throughout their time together at the beach, the girl continues acting in a more and more dubious manner, leading to an actual assault on Sena. From there, surely, one would think Sena would understand that the girl was clearly trying to get rid of her so that she could have some alone time with Wataya, but NO! Even after Sena learns that the girl did in fact assault her, Sena gets upset at the fact that she ran away because she wanted to be friends! Who would want to be friends with someone that just assaulted them so that they could steal their boyfriend!? Who!??
So, clearly, I found issue with Sena in this volume. Thankfully, I found Wataya to be a saving grace. While in previous volumes he took a more passive role when people were being mean to Sena, he finally lets his crazy out here! We also get a call-back to volume one, where it had been revealed that he referred to Sena as someone he sees “without gender” (meaning that he doesn’t see her as a woman). This scene had always sat funny with me, but he finally addresses his comment in a room full of people, and defends Sena while doing it!
I want more of blatantly overprotective boyfriend Wataya! I hope that after the beach incident, he has come to realize he needs to be quicker to stand up for Sena, as she certainly won’t stand up for herself.
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