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Shortcake Cake, Vol. 5 by suu Morishita

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hmmclean's review

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

juicelina's review

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3.0

oh man idk how to feel!! Like I like Riku as Ten's love interest, but I LOVE Chiaki. Honestly it feels like Chiaki has more of a crush on Riku than Ten. Idk there's just not much chemistry between Chiaki and Ten, but Riku and Chiaki?? Now there's something.

tori_renee_reads's review

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lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

belle_fiction's review

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3.0

3 stars

I suppose this is what you get when you fall in love with a cover and believe it to be another 5 star read...

To put simply, this volume wasn't as great as I thought it was going to be :/ The main reason for this is because of the change in Rin's character - she's not the spunky and sassy girl we meet in the first couple of volumes, instead she keeps mooing over Riku but still doesn't tell him her feelings. She doesn't really do much in this volume which resulted in me being increasingly frustrated by how placid she was. I was actually pretty bored with her character.

Elsewhere, Chiaki seems to have undergone a character transformation too, and now he's more conniving and deceitful and outwardly lies to Ten and Riku which I'm really not a fan of. I always thought Riku was the roguish one and Chiaki being the "straight" character is now deemed far worse than Riku.

I don't think I even ship Riku and Ten anymore :/ I think Riku deserves someone a lot better.

Ah, I'm a bit of a mess but this fifth volume has left me seriously doubting whether I am going to continue with this series.