Rating (Out of 5): ~4
Publisher: Yen Press
Release Date: March 2020
Volumes: 13+
Spoilers?: No.
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Goodreads Synopsis:
Nene Yashiro has made a
pact with "Hanako-san of the Toilet," aka Hanako-kun, to hold off the
curse that has been placed on her. To rescue her friend from the
clutches of one of the school's infamous Seven Mysteries, she and
Hanako-kun infiltrate the Misaki Stairs. The second volume of the retro
horror romantic comedy about an occult girl and an inhuman supernatural
boy is finally in print!
Review:
The first half of this volume continues the stair-case ghost story.
It gets a little dangerous, and rather sad/disturbing when we
discover the reason. It's rather fun to follow, though, but maybe
it's just been a while since I've had a good high school ghost
series.
In between the next plot, we get a little romance-inspired chapter
between Yashiro and Hanako. He's giving her mixed signals, and she's
very romance-focused, so she jumps to conclusions. It was a cute
chapter, but it also ends in a really sweet way. After that, we meet
Minamoto's older brother, who is a surprise, but also is very against
ghosts and wants them all exorcised. It's a bit conflicting here,
because Minamoto is having second thoughts about his first motivation
to exorcise Hanako. This plot is definitely going to get deeper,
since we're briefly introduced to couple other characters but not given
much about them.
We're getting lots of mixed signals from Hanako, and I'm curious what
it means. He generally acts light-hearted, but he's shown equal
moments of vulnerability and of violence, and it's hard to tell which
ones are real and what they actually mean. He's clearly hiding
things, including how he ended up here, and I'm curious when we'll
learn more and what it all means.
I hadn't expected to be interested in this series, and I'm really not
a fan of the name, but I'm surprisingly hooked. This was another
really fun and interesting volume, and I want to read more.
A review copy was provided by the publisher, Yen Press, for an honest review. Thank you so, so much!
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