Volume 3 aka HEY MOMIJI MY LOVE MY SUNSHINE MY EVERLASTING JOY IN LIFE. Also Hatsuharu...who is 15. I must keep reminding myself of that because when he goes "Black" its kind of sexy (I blame most of this on the anime, the English Voice Actor had a hot voice).

Welcome to what happens when Yuki over extends himself, Kyo doesn't QUITE understand his feels and Shigure is...:sigh:

Oh! And though we don't know WHO she is quite yet, we also meet Ritsu's mother, who runs the Sohma Inn.

So we (formally) meet Haru, who seems to have a crush on or just a lot of naughty feelings for, Yuki ("Black" Haru is more then a little suggestive about what they can do...but he makes pretty much the same offer to Tohru soo...). His normal personality is laid back, mellow and kind of spacey. His "Black" personality, which comes out whenever he's really upset (he had anger control issues as a kid and it more or less fractured his personality...), is aggressive, lewd and combative. His target? Kyo. To protect Yuki? Or something? Anyhow he's not as skilled as Kyo.

Not that it matters. Yuki collapses, Haru breaks off the fight and they all rush to Shigure's.

Meanwhile Hanajima, my hero for life, is kicking everyone's ass at cards instead of running. That my friends is how you do gym class.

Momiji shows up again to treat Tohru to a spa day at the Sohma Inn (which everyone gets invited to). Giving Tohru a shock of her life to find out he's only a year younger then her. I'm pretty sure its not a GOOD shock either. He tries to take a bath with her, sleep (literally) with her and in general is so gosh darn cute its hard for me to think he has nefarious reasons. Tohru is so MOTHERING and well. We find out why Momiju would be attracted to that kind of attention next book.

Plus some itty bitty tidbits about Yuki's ongoing issues from childhood, Kyo's ongoing issues with his feels and Shigure avoids his editor (that poor lady), is perceptive about Kyo (poor Kyo) and doggedly determined to be swarmy.

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:D :D :D ( )

Beautiful, sweet and touching. ( )

Manga number 3, and the story is only getting better and better! It's impossible not to love the characters, and this makes for a really enjoyable piece of light reading. There's not much character development in this one, but the introduction of Momiji and Hatsuharu makes for a good bit of comedy, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading this one. Bring on number 4! ( )

I totally love this series it is the coolest ( )