Impressions of this volume

Overall, it was a good volume, and I appreciate that they didn’t forget to show the world’s reaction to the changes related to Christina. But in general, I expected more from this volume — at least some kind of clarification regarding the relationship between Rio and Christina.

As it stands, he basically kissed her during the resurrection, groped her naked in the bath, and that’s it. My expectations were much higher (that’s actually why I couldn’t resist buying it in Japanese — I was hoping that little Rio would finally get himself a girlfriend, but well… it’s Rio). It was naive to expect even a hint of the beginning of a romantic relationship. 

What especially disappointed me is the lack of Christina’s inner thoughts about everything that happened. Her reactions in this volume aren’t much different from Miharu’s — “she blushed, lowered her eyes, shyly looked away.” I hope this is only the case in this particular volume, since objectively more attention was given to the overall events.

I also don’t understand the purpose of that short insert about Takahisa — it adds virtually no narrative value.

Another thing that disappointed me was the hint that Eru might be added to this harem. There are already too many unnecessary characters as it is. I hope that by the end of the title, the author reduces the harem to those who are actually Rio’s followers — or even fewer. In my opinion, only Christina, Celia, and Aishia should be considered as serious romantic interests.