Contains Chapters 11 - 15: I really enjoyed this volume and Takane's helping Hana to study and then her helping him when he catches a cold. The chapters at the beach during summer break were also fun.

This volume also has 2 Special Chapters at the end that were fun. ( )

This title continues a downward slide as it plays out on two different layers.

On the surface, the willful, 16-year-old Belle stand-in continues to bicker with her bristly Beast with lessening intensity as they coast through shojo cliches like the introduction of rivals, TLC for a cold, a summer vacation trip to the beach, and a night at a festival with yukata and fireworks. They are well on the way to their "there's something there that wasn't there before" moment.

Underneath that (as in the Disney movie) the creepiness lurks, as the rich, 26 year-old-suitor who can fire the girl's father with a word is given permission by the terrified and obsequious parents to sleep over in her room and take her on a three day sleepover trip to a fancy resort. So the couple is well on the way to their #metoo moment also.

The energy of the first volume left me conflicted about whether this could work out in the end, but that energy is mostly gone, as is my patience. ( )