Homura Kawamoto

Well, at least the election story arc is finally over . . . but it has dragged my interest in this series straight into the ground.

The next volume is going to be a flashback to the early life of the protagonist, so I might still pick it up, but I'm very close to being done with this series at the moment.

The election arc is dragging on forever, Yumeko Jabami gets sidelined this volume, and I'm finding it hard to remember why I like this series at the moment. Usually games wrap up in a single volume, but the poker game here between Mary Saotome and the twin sisters continues on to the next. So I already know I won't like the next volume either . . .

Constant strategizing during a simple-seeming game played in an odd setting gives this volume a bit of an edge over the previous two. It helps that it has the protagonist and her sidekick playing against one of the leaders in the election vote tally and is another complete leg of the race.

Well, it's still the boring rock-paper-scissors game for a whole 'nother volume, but at least this time it's two of the main characters facing off.