Title: まほらば (Mahoraba) Vol. 9
Artist/Author: 小島あきら (Akira Kojima)
Book Size/Pages: B-6, 178pp., w/furigana
Original Serialization: Monthly GANGAN Wing 12/04-3/05
First Printing: 5/27/05
Rating: 4/4

I enjoyed all the chapters in this volume. It continues with an emotional first chapter with Ryuushi and a classmate who has fallen in love with Ryuushi as a girl (from a previous story). There's more development with Kozue (as Natsume) and Ryuushi in the last two chapters.

The best chapter though, is the included bonus chapter. From the title, it seemed like a heart-warming story, but not related to Mahoraba... until you read the very last page. With that, it ties together a often mentioned background story to one of the characters.

Like all Mahoraba first printings, this comes with a tarot card. I've already mixed it up with the others, but I think it was #12. The book also includes the usual comics on the inside covers and in the back, there's a comic with Dr. Pink and Burabura discussing the results of the Mahoraba reader's poll

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