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This volume starts off by building a bit into the mystery behind Nadeshiko. She’s clearly advanced tech - beyond anything Akane is aware of - but her maker is a mystery that the volume slowly drop feeds at different spots in the volume. The mystery is interesting, but remains so firmly in the background of the story that it’s more an afterthought. While the virtual gathering of sexadroid owners at the very beginning had some fun bits, it was a bit of a letdown from what I imagined from the ending of vol 1, and it barely takes a chapter. Instead, the majority of the time is spent building Akane and Nadeshiko’s relationship, getting Akane more used to and embracing of Nadeshiko’s presence, whether she’s conscious of it or not. Oh, and tons of smut. Good stuff, though it may have taken up too much of the page time for the story minded. I’ve already read the next volume by the time I’m writing this, and this volume definitely feels like a higher concentration of on page sex. The one part that I wasn’t thrilled with was when Akane regressed age-wise mentally while she was sick. I could have done without that, or maybe if it was done differently. Ah well. Still a good volume, overall.

This volume continues to occasionally drip feed the mystery of Nadeshiko’s background to the reader in tiny doses, but this time instead of taking a back seat to mostly-smut, it now takes a back seat to the interpersonal drama between Akane and Jun - a girl who Akane used to watch over a bit years ago when they were both kids, who has sought her out in Tokyo because she’s always been secretly in love with Akane. Don’t you worry, there’s still plenty of nice smut. But now we have the love triangle of Akane, Jun, and Nadeshiko. With Jun’s confession, Akane finds herself having to confront how she really sees and feels for Nadeshiko. Is she just a sexadroid to her? Should she return June’s feelings?

Should they have a threesome!?!? (My answer is yes, but Akane doesn’t agree)

We also start seeing Nadeshiko express feelings in secret that seem very much at odds with the way a typical sexadroid would be programmed to feel, like jealousy. Can robots truly feel love?

I mean, the answer in these types of stories is yes, of course. Not exactly having to read the tea leaves on that one. It’s not a groundbreaking story, but it remains a solid cute Yuri ecchi. Looking forward to vol 4.

This volume continues to occasionally drip feed the mystery of Nadeshiko’s background to the reader in tiny doses, but this time instead of taking a back seat to mostly-smut, it now takes a back seat to the interpersonal drama between Akane and Jun - a girl who Akane used to watch over a bit years ago when they were both kids, who has sought her out in Tokyo because she’s always been secretly in love with Akane. Don’t you worry, there’s still plenty of nice smut. But now we have the love triangle of Akane, Jun, and Nadeshiko. With Jun’s confession, Akane finds herself having to confront how she really sees and feels for Nadeshiko. Is she just a sexadroid to her? Should she return June’s feelings?

Should they have a threesome!?!? (My answer is yes, but Akane doesn’t agree)

We also start seeing Nadeshiko express feelings in secret that seem very much at odds with the way a typical sexadroid would be programmed to feel, like jealousy. Can robots truly feel love?

I mean, the answer in these types of stories is yes, of course. Not exactly having to read the tea leaves on that one. It’s not a groundbreaking story, but it remains a solid cute Yuri ecchi. Looking forward to vol 4.

This volume starts off by building a bit into the mystery behind Nadeshiko. She’s clearly advanced tech - beyond anything Akane is aware of - but her maker is a mystery that the volume slowly drop feeds at different spots in the volume. The mystery is interesting, but remains so firmly in the background of the story that it’s more an afterthought. While the virtual gathering of sexadroid owners at the very beginning had some fun bits, it was a bit of a letdown from what I imagined from the ending of vol 1, and it barely takes a chapter. Instead, the majority of the time is spent building Akane and Nadeshiko’s relationship, getting Akane more used to and embracing of Nadeshiko’s presence, whether she’s conscious of it or not. Oh, and tons of smut. Good stuff, though it may have taken up too much of the page time for the story minded. I’ve already read the next volume by the time I’m writing this, and this volume definitely feels like a higher concentration of on page sex. The one part that I wasn’t thrilled with was when Akane regressed age-wise mentally while she was sick. I could have done without that, or maybe if it was done differently. Ah well. Still a good volume, overall.

I enjoyed this one. I wanted something with a legitimate sapphic romance in it, and I got that. I liked the main character’s love interest. They were fun to watch together and I liked their personalities. The side characters were also good, though I didn’t really get enough time with any of them. That’s all right. The book is focused very heavily on the main pair and their story. There is a very clear three act structure and the first and third act are by far the strongest, in my opinion, and ends with a satisfying if bittersweet conclusion. It’s not that the second act is actually bad, per se. It’s more that, since I am really big on world building, I could see a lot of the cracks and thinness of some of the supernatural elements. By the time the third act came around, I was able to shrug off my misgivings in favor of enjoying the melodrama of the final act. While tragic LGBTQ stories might be a bit overplayed, if you’re looking for a YA, supernatural sapphic romance, this one is quite solid.