Library Wars: Love and War, Volume 9 - Reading to kids is scary!
Originally read August 17, 2013.
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Previous Volume reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.
The groper in the library story ends at the beginning of this volume. Komaki figured out what made the man target Marie and asks Iku to play the right kind of bait. Unfortunately, she is not able to fight back as she normally would because of high heels, this is why I've never seen the use for them.
The next story is in the anime, so I was expecting it. It is time for our three lower ranked officers to take the test for their next ranking. While it's all but a walk in the park for Shibazaki, for Iku and Tezuka things are less certain. Iku's not sure she can pass the written part of the test while Tezuka is facing his worse nightmare in the skill's test - reading to children!
While Dojo tries to beat the library notebook into Iku's head, Shibazaki attempts to help Tezuka find his own way to read to the children. Iku and Dojo also share a moment and both learn a bit about one of the symbols of the library system - the chamomile flower, which was the favorite of Commander Inamine.
After this arc comes a very interesting story that I hate is left unfinished in this volume because it was not in the anime. An actor telling his life story opens a can of worms and ends up taking on the Media Betterment Act over the censorship of a really stupid word. We'll have to wait to see how this all comes out...I want to know!!!!
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Like my previous review, I forgot I'd written a review and wrote out another. What I find so interesting is how they different they are and what I focused on the first time I read first the second time. Also, as the previous review, I'll hide this under the spoiler tag so it won't make this so long.
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