W Juliet 9
Posted: March 5, 2007 Filed under: W Juliet Leave a comment »The scene in the pool blew my mind a little. What gratuitous, yet harmless, girl fanservice. Ito and Mako really are great characters, and it’s nice that we get treated to so many close moments between the two throughout the course of the series. Though admittedly, none were ever quite as close as this.
Much of the beginning of the volume is dedicated once again to Akane and Yuto. While I like almost all the side characters in this series (which is an extremely rare thing), I don’t want to hear about the relationships as extensively as this. I would much rather be reading about Mako and Ito.
There was a new stipulation thrown into the deal with Mako and his dad, and that was to wow some drama judges his father arranged to show up at the Cultural Festival. Takayo also uses this as a deal to hinge how their engagement goes. This just kind of adds fuel to the fire story-wise, but wasn’t something I got fired up about. However, this also helps focus on the passage of time, which is something else I thought this series does really well, or perhaps I was just more aware of it because I read all the volumes in 5 days.
What I DID get fired up about was Ito’s dad catching her with Mako and overhearing them talk about… you know, whatever deep stuff they talk about. THAT made for an entertaining read. Thank you, Ito’s dad, for being a hilarious character.
