Warrants Its Own Category Now

Speculation on Ms. Mikado's and Ms. Inori's past and future and the festival that I mentioned earlier have come together today. (Unfortunately, the illustration doesn't seem to be up to Ms.? Maitake's usual standards. Then again, I never liked Ms. Mikado because of her looks in the first place.) Personally, I think that they'll at least get a chance at the top, as they really didn't need to show their stuff in the current fight. I don't think they'll be able to win, as that would be quite a shake-up to the character relationship structure of the series. Of course, I don't see that either Ms. Kurogane or Ms. Mudō has any reason to go that far anyway, so the "last boss" element seems a bit separated from the main storyline so far. Possible future #3 also seems unfortunately unlikely, as the yuri elements in this series are not terribly direct, and in this case they seem to be mostly pointing in the opposite direction (Inori → Mikado).

Meanwhile, I still have the other 10 books from the latest order to report. I'm breaking them down into similarly themed blocks [some here and here] for convenience.