I thought I had gotten much further in the series and just not documented it on goodreads, but I only remembered about half of this volume so I guess I can just wave goodbye to that delusion lol.

That said, this continues to be a really fun fast read now that I am actually taking the time to request more volumes from the library. While there was one useful female character in this volume, I would say that the silliness of the female characters would be my biggest critique of the series. I do realize this has a lot to do with the market this manga is aimed at, but I also feel like it would have almost been a better idea to just not have any girls in the story, they really add nothing and only serve as silly cliches to sort of exist in service roles to the male characters.

I did appreciate the way that Akira's character was really developed and made more sympathetic in this volume. It would have been extremely easy to just turn him into a flat nemesis character, but I do feel like as a reader I can see their conflict from both sides now.