Title: まほらば (Mahoraba) Vol. 4
Artist/Author: 小島あきら （Akira Kojima)
Book Size/Pages: B-6, 178pp., w/furigana
Original Serialization: Monthly GANGAN WING 7/02-12/02
Rating: 3/4
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As with the other books, there are mini-comics on the covers under the dust covers. In addition, there's a bonus half chapter at the end featuring a few 4 panel comics and a one page comics with Dr. Pink (Megumi) and Burabura (Tamami).

This volume includes more filler stories, all of which are entertaining. The only disappointment is that Kozue's other personalities didn't show up in this volume except for 1 chapter. Give me some more Sakaki!

18. みんなの一日 (Everyone's Day): This chapter has a few pages dedicated to each character as they spend a day. Sayoko gets lost, Asami spends a day at school, Megumi putz around, Haibara does the same, Kozue and Tamami go to school, and Ryuushi goes to his academy. While each story is separate, they all tie in at the end as they all encounter the same people.

19. いろいろ (Various): Kozue turns into the 6-year-old Nanako and wants to play with Ryuushi. Since Ryuushi has homework, he tries to stick Nanako with the other residents, but each one of them has their own reason for not want to play with Nanako. In the end, Ryuushi forsakes his homework to spend time with Nanako.

20. 広い世界の中で (In This Big World): The gang goes to the beach in Megumi's rented car. They have various strange events at the beach and Kozue tells them that she's glad that she has them as friends.

21. こわい？はなし (Scary? Story): It's a very hot day, so Tamami recommends that they have a round of ghost stories. Megumi's story is suspenseful, but not scary. Haibara doesn't get a chance to tell his, Asami's is a story about something strange, but not scary. Sayoko's story is just whacked, and Tamami's is the only one that's scary, but everyone writes it off as hackneyed.

22. 青華祭にて (The Fair at Seika): There's a fair at Kozue and Tamami's school and the gang goes. They enjoy all the attractions at a Japanese high school fair. There's an emergency where the music club has injured musicians so Megumi and Sayoko fill in as the pianist and the violinist. They pull off a perfect concert.

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