
If anyone got a lot more character development in this volume, Kish arguably had the lion's share.Īdditionally, something I recall being talked about when I was younger, as one of my friends had a stepmom who read the series along with us, it seems a little on-the-nose now to get the reveal of Masaya Aoyama as Deep Blue. She's not really any different from how she was when she was first introduced, unless you want to count the fact that she's tight with the rest of the girls and seems capable of functioning as a stand-in leader for them when Ichigo has to do some solo heroics. But it feels like any potential to give Zakuro some character development just went out the window. The previous volume allowed for more moments of character development for Mint and Lettuce, and there was certainly some adorable character development for Pudding with her interactions with her family as well as with Tart. One gripe I have to make is that I feel as though Zakuro doesn't get as much character development as she really deserves.

This was such a fun trip down nostalgia lane (and I do look forward to reading the omnibus of the sequel series.) I will say that I have to dock a star from my rating this time around due to some formatting wonkiness in this volume, but that aside, I still feel like this stands as a very solid conclusion to the Tokyo Mew Mew series on the whole. I'm so happy to reach the conclusion of this series once again.
