Karakuri Dôji Ultimo 6
To be honest, this series has always been one that for the last five volumes has struck me as "Good, but not great". However, I have to say, the series has greatly improved in this volume.
I have some niggles, like how Désir looks a [/i]lot[/i] like Ultimo when not doing the pretty boy act and how aside from Eco, Takei has a habit of drawing characters as being too thin. However, Service is an awesome character and the whole thing with Sumoko was definitely the highlight of this volume for me, with the whole moral of love vs lust.
Then we have Mizho, who easily has one of the coolest character designs in the series.
I feel that the characters introduced in this volume have a lot more personality than those we've seen previously.
8/10
EDIT:
Toradora! 3
Got Toradora volume 3 today...ROFL.
Taiga made Ami dance, sing and do impressions of all original 150 Pokémon in order, taking photos of each for five to six hours, just to get back at her....I'm still in hysterics xD...Taiga's too amazing xD
Toradora! has to be my favourite manga right now. It's absolute comedy genius in my opinion - I was cracking up while reading, which is something that very rarely happens. It's not something like a 4-koma where what is meant to be funny is abundantly clear; a lot of the humour comes from the way the characters interact with each other and react to different situations.
That's another point - the characters. Ryuji, Taiga, Minorin, Kitamura and Ami all have such distinguishable personalities that honestly makes me a bit jealous. Taiga and Ryuji's relationship is obviously the most important of the series (or "lack of" as they would insist
); seeing the two together is really hilarious and adorable at the same time, as it's so obvious that they have affections for each other, but don't want to admit it due to the reason of their partnership in the first place.
9/10
The only annoying thing is...the long wait for volume 4. Looking at Wikipedia, it seems that a new volume is only released in Japan once a year. Volume 4 isn't due out until July and I can imagine there will be a looooooooong wait before volume 5. Might as well check out the anime then.