Ah, summer vacation. I remember those. Why don’t we get those as adults? Oh. Right. Capitalism.
Anyway. This volume begins with the stuff that comes before summer vacation, finals. Or tests. Whatever. Najimi can’t study to save their life so they try to get Komi, Tadano, and Agari is the librarian. Well, her and Gorimi, who is built like a brick shithouse. The rules are simple, make noise, Gorimi whaps you on the head. Three whaps and you’re out. Najimi doesn’t make it. Even Komi and Tadano get whaps, too. But it was fun.
At this point, summer vacation starts and Komi is bored after a week. Since she doesn’t go out, she just hangs around the house, building up courage to call someone. That someone is, of course, Tadano. Meanwhile, Tadano is also bored and trying to building up the courage to call Komi. There’s also the (very brief) introduction of Tadano’s younger sister and Komi’s younger brother. Leave it to Najimi to invite everyone to the pool. Komi agrees, of course. She turns up super early, wearing the dress Tadano picked out for her in the last volume. There’s some blushing between the two of them. Now, Komi doesn’t have a real swimsuit, so Yamai buys one for her. Say what you will about that Yandere psychopath, she does care about Komi. Inside the water park, there’s tons of fun to be had, including a swarm of people (mostly boys and Yamai) trying to get a look of Komi under the water. And then Komi trips and falls! It’s only a scrape, but it does mean that Komi’s time in the water is over. And Yamai filed down the thing that Komi tripped on. You go, creepy girl? After this, Komi is relegated to sitting on the sidelines, but she wants everyone to stay and have fun. Tadano takes a break and talks with Komi, letting her know that no one is unhappy with her because of her accident. Tadano and Komi have another Moment, until Najimi breaks it up with a squirt gun fight.
After this, there’s some little short stories, so to speak. The first one is Komi going the library and making a baby cry. Nothing important here. The next one is Komi and her father going to get shaved ice. Now, this one is important. Why? Because we find that Komi’s dad also has trouble speaking. After a while, he finally asks her about school and then ruffles her hair. I rather like this one, as it shows that Komi isn’t some anomaly in her family, she’s part of it and has someone who understands. To a degree, I guess. Following this, another important story is the Komi family going to spend time with the Komi grandparents, most importantly, Yuiko Komi, the grandmother. We also meet Ryoko, Komi’s aunt (who’s just like her mother) and Sadayoshi (who’s just like her father, Masayoshi), and then little cousin Akira. Well, more like just a few years younger, not like a kid. She also cries when she’s happy but we don’t find that out quite yet. We do have Komi and her grandmother talking, well, kind of. She does figure out that Komi has a crush and finds Tadano’s name (his first name is Hitohito, by the way) and grandma doesn’t like it.
Next, there’s some more summer stuff, with Komi, Tadano, and Najimi (as well as a few others) going to a festival. So, Tadano turns up in a Yukata, as commanded by Najimi, but feels uncomfortable, until Komi turns up in one. Komi has forgotten her notebook and has to rely on Tadano’s ability to translate instead. They do some typical festival activities, sharp shooting for prizes, followed by candy cutting. They have something to eat and then Najimi tries to win a “legally distinct but closely resembles” a PS4. Najimi fails, Tadano fails, but Komi gets it without even trying. I do like how the Carny has this whole thing about how they fool people so they don’t have to give away the big prize. This, by the way, is why I never play games at arcades and the like. It’s just not worth it. Anyway. There’s some goldfish catching, with special appearance by Nakanaka, but then Komi and Tadano get to sit together. Komi uses a stick to write answers to his questions but quickly erases that she had with just him.
And that’s where things end. Yeah, the whole the thing is filler. And the dragging out of the “will they, won’t they” with Komi and Tadano is a bit annoying but it isn’t everything going on in the story. I don’t like that sort of thing, nor do I like love triangles, but I will accept them if they’re done well. And so far? These ones are. So far...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Suggestion: This one is
mostly filler but it’s not terrible.
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