From the Bookshelf: Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki Lv.5

Losing track for a while of new releases of translated-from-Japanese “light novels” to the point of receiving two volumes of Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki at once produced a few mixed feelings. Discovering the fourth volume in that series had ended on a cliffhanger I wouldn’t have to wait to resolve was a bit of a pick-me-up, though. Even so, instead of continuing straight on I did wind up first plugging through some volumes of other series just to get them out of the way. (I suppose the opening instalment of High School DxD wasn’t quite as heavy going as a few other series I’ve picked up with thoughts of seeing how their stories continue beyond their anime adaptations, but then that story isn’t particularly respectable...) As I returned to the continuing tale of a video gamer trying to improve his interpersonal skills bit by bit, I was conscious while reading its fifth volume that I wasn’t managing to get through it in quite the same solid bursts as with previous books. The story still wasn’t lacking, though, and it wasn’t suffering from the slower pace.
( Fifth volume, fifth character )