Quite good. I liked getting more of the Haru/Rin backstory. I'm not all that enamored of the student council plotline -- doesn't this story have enough going on, and enough characters to keep track of, without them? It almost feels like it was mostly stapled on to give Yuki a plausible love interest besides Tohru. Speaking of whom, I've been missing her, and also Kyo. (The little sketch of Kyo complaining about the two of them barely being in this volume really cracked me up.)

I'm definitely *curious* about Akito, but that doesn't mean I *like* her. ;)