I adore this. Took ne forever because I lost my page and had to reread it but i loved it none the less. ( )

I adore this. Took ne forever because I lost my page and had to reread it but i loved it none the less. ( )

Now this is more like it! A good story for Misaki and Usagi, dealing with Usagi's father coming with pictures of potential marriage candidates for Usagi, and the aftermath of that, which is pretty well considered... and then a time jump from Misaki's first year at university to his fourth, and a bunch of new characters and challenges. Misaki's now being pushed to think about what he wants to do when he's done; he gets a new friend who's cute and different from the rest of the male cast in his set of stories in not being apparently interested in Misaki; the household gets a visit from Usagi's cousin Shiiba, who's been working abroad, and needles Misaki about not taking his responsibilities or the world seriously. All the changes definitely make for a lively story, and on top of that, there's a cute story about Misaki as a kid around Christmas-time with his older brother, and then a sweet short piece on the Miyagi/Shinobu line where Shinobu's sister comes back to try to repair ties with Miyagi. That one reminded me more about why I like that couple. I do wish Nakamura would use the other couples more, but if the Misaki and Usagi stories get better, then maybe it's fine. Now I'm actually looking forward to the next one. ( )