The interactions between these characters continue to be interesting. However, I find the metaphysics-heavy plot of this volume drags compared to the more Japan-focused early volumes. Basically I'm much more interested in seeing how the characters react to life events, and their human friends, than reveals of fantasy backstory that wasn't previously relevant and quite honestly feels somewhat arbitrary. The child plot feels gimmicky and I'm genuinely concerned about the story being flooded by ever-increasing numbers of Ente Isla Characters and their associated plots. ( )