Familiar Diversions
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Arisa (manga, vol. 5) by Natsumi Ando, translated by Andria Cheng
Tsubasa has a new enemy: Shizuka, the King's first victim.
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A quote from Akira: "[Shizuka] wants revenge [on Arisa], no matter the cost. Even if it means working with the current King to do it." OMG, these characters. They're so frustrating. Shizuka is so obsessed that it never occurs to her that the current King might be the same person who got people to bully her. Yes, Arisa should have stepped in and done something to stop her classmates and whoever was King on her behalf, but I still think Shizuka's rage would be better directed against the entire King system, rather than just Arisa. Heck, she might as well just be angry at her entire class. They're all horrible.
This was better than the previous volume, as long as I accept that these kids are all just crazily obsessed. Shizuka at least has a bit more reason to be like this than some of the others (her horrible home life played a part - her adoptive mother was awful), but Akira was an idiot for enabling her.
In this volume,
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
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