Tags: Comedy, Romance, School Life, Slice of Life

Sub-Tags: Cute, Heartwarming, Introverts, Personal Growth

The Blossoming of New Love!

Love and Growth

Following the confession between Amane and Mahiru, The Angel Next Door’s fifth volume captures the awkward first steps in their new relationship.

What stands out most about this volume is the remarkable character growth that has occurred for both main characters over the past five volumes.

For Amane, this change is the most striking. In this volume, there are markedly fewer moments where he puts himself down and shies away from complicated situations. The blooming romance has Amane often look more towards the future rather than continue dwelling in the past. Rather than ruminating that he isn’t good enough, he’s excited to improve and move forward in the relationship with Mahiru. 

These positive changes are also noticed by their classmates. Upon revealing their new status and unabashedly flirting, they’ve become more accessible and open towards their peers. This allows them to broaden their horizons in terms of friend group, and both of them are seen making new connections in the volume.

A Change for All

Amane’s change and increase in confidence is an evident theme running throughout the volume and helps to provide a sense of closure to his old life by the end of the volume.

Visiting his parents and admitting to their relationship makes up the final part of the story. Whilst they needn’t have been so worried about their reaction, neither were prepared to face Amane’s old trauma while out on a walk together.

Thanks to everything the two have been through together, Amane is able to let go of his past and move on. Even going so far as to thank his old friend for showing his true face making it easier to build himself up again.

This scene is a testament to the positive impact both of them have had on each other. The two give each other small pushes in the right direction to improve themselves.

A Touch of Awkwardness

This series has always been known to take the sugar up to 1000, but this volume takes this new a whole new dimension.

Finally becoming an item has opened the floodgates, so to speak. This volume is filled with cute and sugary sweet moments, none more so as the two awkwardly dance around the touching and kissing situation. Finding the perfect moment for this special step is a challenge for them both, but it benefits the reader – lots of flirting moments to enjoy!

Moving to the relationship stage of the series has opened many doors of development for The Angel Next Door. Alongside heaps of cute, fluffy moments, the latest volume has put a lot of character growth front and centre, providing some nice depth to the long-running rom-com series.