Masao Ootake

Final Volume!

A low-key series comes to a low-key conclusion. The fate of the world is at stake, but to save it all the protagonist has to do is put on good concert? Sure.

A good chunk of the volume is simply spent visiting the many supporting characters to see how they'll be getting on, and "more of the same" seems to be the popular response.

The author admits in the end material that not a lot of effort was put into the creation of many of the cast members, a lot of attempts to give them fuller lives were nixed by the editor or dumped for lack of time and space, and the volumes in the closing stretch were filler to get to some arbitrary goals (first a specific holiday date and then slipping to 100 chapters). And yeah, that lack of effort shows up on the pages as coasting, but I still enjoyed my time with these amusing characters.

FOR REFERENCE:

Contents: Chapter 96. Disassemble! Destroy! Farewell! -- Chapter 97. Super Sugee Festival -- Chapter 98. Great Job, Everyone! -- Chapter 99. Their Lives Thereafter: Part 1 -- Chapter 100. Their Lives Thereafter: Part 2 -- Some Notes on the Characters from the Author -- Extra 32: May! Thy! Soul! Be! Pure! -- Afterword -- Hinamatsuri Outtake Collection… (más)

It's the penultimate volume, and -- in true Bill & Ted time traveller fashion -- the girls must put on a concert to save mankind from a dystopian future. Of course, they will need the super-competent Hitomi Mishima, teen CEO, to pull it off, but Mishima has some personal issues to hash out before she can bring all her powers to bear.

Oh, and bartender Utako Sakura returns after a long absence, which was nice.

Silly fun overall. I'm sad to see the series wrapping up but agree there is no point in stretching it out further.… (más)

This series is sticking to its low-key groove even as the plot enters endgame.

The psychic girls continue to mill about uselessly. Anzu has a sweet chapter reading her self-created picture books to a kindergarten class. Hina plays with a new doll she's made for herself to replace her absent father figure/housekeeper. Mao's enjoying being a celebrity.

It's up to the super-competent Hitomi who is juggling her remote high school classes with her role as CEO of a major corporation to actually kick some butt and get everyone focused on doing something about the looming dystopia.

It's a pleasant and relaxed coast to the conclusion in two volumes.… (más)