*This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review.
This volume features how Kouta and Kanata met as kids at an idol head start school, where Kouta was a completely different kid than he expected. It also shows a young Emika when she became obsessed with Kanato and a Cinderella themed side story.
The Cinderella story took up way too much time. It’s the type of filler volume where it feels like a waste instead of being entertaining enough to hold my interest until going back to the main story. I guess since our main couples are established, everything is just fumbling about. I mean, it’s not bad, but I got the feeling of dangling keys trying to hold my attention. 2 out of 5.