I'm a librarian who loves anime, manga, and reading a wide variety of genres.
A gem from the author's note at the end of this volume:
"Although an overall plot does exist for this story, when everything was said and done, I sort of ran out of things to write, and therefore I admit there are a number of lazy, phantom passages scattered throughout."
And later:
"And to my readers, I do apologize for all the various delays this work has suffered. But if you continue to follow this series to the very end, it would make me the most insanely happy person ever."
"I know this series is crap and could have been written better, but I'd be happy if you bought and read it all anyway."