Title: こどものおもちゃ (Child's Toy) Vol. 2
Artist/Author: 小花美穂 (Miho Obana)
Book Size/Pages: A-5, 282pp., w/furigana
Volume: 2/7
Original Serialization: Monthly Ribon 3/95-10/95
First Printing: 7/20/03
Rating: 3/4

A fairly good volume with some emotional moments. The more I read this, the more I'm liking the character designs and artwork. The romance in the story is pretty appropriately paced too, but probably because it's a girl's comic. My only gripe is that the books don't have chapters. Makes it hard to itemize the summary.

These re-releases contain are plenty of colorful artwork used in the magazine throughout the years.

Sana and Hayama get more quality time together in this volume. Hayama's father gets hospitalized because of an ulcer and Sana is there to support Hayama. During the school trip, they also fall into a ditch and spend some time there. Sana also realizes that she can't go on pretending that her manager is her pimp. The biggest development comes near the end of the book where Sana's mother releases her essay that states that Sana isn't her child. Rather, she found baby Sana on a bench in the park and ended up being her surrogate mother.

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