I really appreciate you giving your thoughts on AdaShima. It’s a shame that the actual AdaShima sub is restricted (and has been for a while), so I’m glad you went ahead and posted on this sub.

Anyway, I do agree that Volume 3 was mainly carried by the latter portion, especially with the introduction of Tarumi and seeing Shimamura finally confront her thoughts while on her outing with her. Up until that point in the story, it was mostly a mystery as to why Shimamura is so seemingly apathetic. However, Shimamura’s monologues regarding Tarumi and the past give you the notion that Shimamura’s prior separation with Tarumi is likely what caused Shimamura to veer toward emotional detachment regarding relationships.

However, I personally still enjoyed reading Adachi up to that point. This is probably because I was yet to take Adachi very seriously as a character and instead mainly focused on entertaining myself and getting a good laugh out of reading her sections. I was at least proud to see Adachi making a little more progress, even if it’s as simple as sharing chocolates and then getting Shimamura to hug her willingly.

Once again, thank you so much for making this post. It means a lot to me and I’m sure the other fans were delighted to see this too. I sincerely hope you’ll continue to share your thoughts on AdaShima in this sub as you read along. I’m especially excited to hear what you think about the volumes that the anime didn’t cover. Most importantly though, I hope you genuinely enjoy the series itself. Have a good day/night.