
While Hoshinari – Kanda’s son – decides quite dramatically to join Moriyama’s band, Fukumaru is jealous of all the attention the new kittens are getting.
I love this volume. It has everything I love about this series; people loving their pets and becoming better. I was surprised to see Teruaki come back, the kid who tricked Hashinari in the past. But I think the series is working to get all the characters in a good place and using the bonds with animals to do it. There are moments where people are unrealistically forgiving and nice but I’ll take it. The world sucks enough as it is. 4.7 out of 5.