Finally Elias acts like the centuries older inhuman being that he is.

Look in like Elias - I like him goofy and sweet and oblivious and caring. But that's not him. Not really. He isn't an alchemist who's a tad off. He's not a mage or witch who's lived a couple centuries. He's a Fae being, an Elder God. He's lived and seen so much.

So why would I expect him to NOT do everything necessary to help Chise? To keep her? She is his world now and like a desperate person he reacted by doing what he could to the max. It's just his thought process meant he'd go farther. ( )

Things are approaching a climax and I'm super excited for the next volume! ( )

Really good volume. Lots of drama and action surrounding a singular puzzle. Expressive art, strong character moments. ( )

I don't think I know of any manga more in need of a "Previously in..." summary and character profiles inside the front cover. For some reason, everything that happened in the previous volume just falls out of my head when I crack the cover of the new one. About halfway through I get sucked in by the character interaction and forget to care about what I've forgotten until some character who apparently I'm supposed to remember shows up and does something significant toward the end of the book.

I think it has something to do with the exceedingly slow pace of the story.

I really, really need to remember this time to wait to read this series until I can read five or six books in a row. ( )