In this volume, Shoya begins to emerge from his cocoon of adolescence and asks larger questions about what it means to be an adult. This process is a bit painful for him since he build a terrible foundation for himself by previously being a bully to Nishimiya. 

Now in high school, Shoya’s conscious has awoken in full force and he realizes the true gravity of what he did in his younger years. He has terrible guilt, and made a resolution to try and make up to Nishimiya and apologize. 

As a general warning for readers, suicide is explored in this volume. I would say these sections were fantastic for showing the reality of feeling trapped in a situation, and definitely added realism to the story of these young people. However, if you are sensitive about these issues in general it would be better to maybe skip this volume (or parts of it.)

All in all this volume fearlessly tackles very intricate sensitive issues with grace and humanity. It is still shaping to be a beautiful and insightful read.

A thanks to Kodansha Comics and Yoshitoki Oima for publishing and creating this beautiful work. I make no profit off of any reviews. Thank you for reading!

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