Sugiura Shiho - Silver Diamond, vol. 02 (Eng. trans.)

[oyceter]

This continues to be funny and touching and sweet, although Koh the talking snake is not quite as hilarious as he is in the first book (seriously, "The sky is blue!" still makes me giggle randomly).

We get to learn a little more about the world Chigusa, Narushige and Koh come from, especially about the prince of the world, but most of what I remember after reading the volume is the character interactions. I think my favorite moment is when Narushige hugs Rakan for no good reason, and we see Chigusa catch sight of them. But instead of being jealous, he blankly walks over and envelops the two guys in a hug, prompting Koh to attempt to hug them, albeit a little too enthusiastically.

"Why did you do that?" they ask Chigusa.

"I thought it was just a morning ritual," he replies.

It's the combination of easy affection and intimacy, the complete lack of understanding of human interaction, and the quick by-stepping of romance tropes that's so lovely.

I also giggled a lot over Chigusa's attempts to figure out how to stop liking Rakan, as again, complete lack of understanding of human interaction.

Yet even with that complete lack, the makeshift family of Chigusa, Narushige, Koh, and Rakan is still so much healthier and cuter than many other character relationships.

Still charming; looking forward to volume 3.

Comments

[swanjun.livejournal.com]

I had much the same reaction to those same things. I really should not love a talking snake as much as I do. :)

My review is here (http://www.flaminggeeks.com/swanjun/?p=805), if you're interested.

[darkelf105.livejournal.com]

Ooo, I was waffling on whether to start this series or not, now I must, forthwith!