Title: こどものおもちゃ (Child's Toy) Vol. 3
Artist/Author: 小花美穂 (Miho Obana)
Book Size/Pages: A-5, 264pp., w/furigana
Volume: 3/7
Original Serialization: Monthly Ribon 11/95-6/96
First Printing: 8/13/03
Rating: 3/4

Pretty good volume. The mystery surrounding Sana's mother has been revealed and we find out who Sana ultimately decides to stay with. The introduction of a new character adds a little humor into Sana's and Hayama's relationship as the friend is best friends with Sana, but enemy with Hayama.

These re-releases contain are plenty of colorful artwork used in the magazine throughout the years. There's a few bonus comics and an interview with the author about the uniforms in the story.

Major events in this chapter are that Sana's true mom comes forth and meets the daughter she left behind. They talk a bit and Sana finds out that she has a real family now with kids. In the end though, Sana decides to stay with her adopted mom. Meanwhile, the kids are now going onto middle school. It's an escalator school, so she's set all the way up to college. Most of her classmates are familiar, but there's a new student, 松井風花 (Fuka Matsui) from Western Japan (Osaka maybe?). Apparently she used to live in the area but moved. However, she has clear memories of her time here and remembers how Hayama stole her first kiss. Hayama later decides to go train in the martial arts and at the end of the volume, departs to go train for a few months.

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