A review by marie_thereadingotter
Ao Haru Ride, Vol. 9 by Io Sakisaka

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Homedog Kou is being horribly manipulated by his old classmate Narumi. Shuko had good intuition about her. He's still an idiot for not seeing it sooner. But I also can't understand how this girl would want *only* Kou in her life, like.. Girl, that will never be a good thing. If all this wasn't already coming undone, he'd 100% start to resent her. 

I'm with Shuko as well, Futaba's feelings are the main thing. And none of this would've happened if Kou had just been honest with himself and Futaba from the start.