She didn’t have to cuss her out or try to fight her but she doesn’t stand up for herself whatsoever and that is the issue. She tells the poor girl over and over again that she never considered her as a friend and that she hates her and yet Sawako still likes her and wants to be nice to her? Why? It doesn’t make any sense. There’s nothing wrong with Sawako being a nice person but she shouldn’t let that be an excuse for people to walk all over her, which Kurumi does. It especially didn’t work here because Sawako is such a sweet and caring person that she just didn’t react the way you would expect her to and that was actually really annoying. It’s a terrible trope and I wish it wasn’t so frequently used in shojo manga stories. It went all out with the cliche of ‘seemingly nice girl is actually not so nice because she is also in love with main character’s love interest’.

I think a part of me feels bad for Kurumi, she's crushed on Kazehaya for so long and done everything she can to keep others from him and then comes along a girl who barely knows him and tears down her fantasies.Īctually, no, screw Kurumi. The volume ends with tears from both girls in love with Kazehaya. In this volume, Sawako admits to having 'special' feelings for Kazehaya and resolves that these feelings are for him and cannot be interchanged with any other male.Īyane and Chizu finally crackdown the person who started the horrible rumours in volume 2 but (and maybe to the frustration of some) Sawako forgives this person.

She threatens to break down the steadily growing relationship between Kazehaya and Sawako by pinching at insecurities Kazehaya has and causing Sawako to question the true meaning of her feelings.

Having said that, Kurumi does become the iceberg in the way of the ship. It was enjoyable to see Kurumi not afraid to speak her mind to Sawako whether it destroyed her image of 'kind and beautiful' and equally enjoyable to see Sawako react in a measured, accepting and understanding manner of this 'new' side to Kurumi. Kurumi schemes and creates convoluted plans to keep girls out of Kazehaya's way and her latest victim is our much loved protagonist, Sawako. So volume 4 gives readers a more blatant insight into Ume Kurumizawa aka Kurumi's true colours. Please do not read this review if you have not the previous volumes of Kimi Ni TodokeĮdit: I guess I should mention that this volume lost a star because it was little slower than the first 3 (personal preference really).

Kimi ni todoke vol 6