Latina's helping around the inn has officially transitioned into child labor as she begins earning wages. I know I should be troubled by this to some degree, but Latina is just so cute when she is earnestly and diligently working, especially since she is doing it to afford a present for her guardian.

After the drama of last volume, the action is scaled back 99% as we deal with birthdays, banks and preparations for a journey. Dull + adorable = adullable?

I continue to be annoyed by the side stories plopped at the end. For the second time, the comic is just an adaptation of the previous volume's text story. What's the point of that? Especially since the comic version is so much better than the awkwardly written prose tales. The text pieces are increasingly a waste of space in an already slim book. ( )