くまクマ熊ベアー 6

A low-key installment that pays off prior volumes and sets up the next

More of a 3.5 than a 3, this one is definitely better than volume 5 and the opening act of Yuna escorting a bunch of rowdy kids who don't believe in her bear powers is hilarious, after that's over the plot shifts to back to sorting out the Mirira/Crimea merger which volume 5 spent a majority of the book on, but here it works better since we're getting more direct character stuff as Anzu comes to Crimonia and starts her fish restaurant with some of the girls Yuna had saved in volume 4. The new restaurant arc is nice, but everything afterward feels more like a teaser for volume 7 and several chapters are spent establishing the problem she'll have to solve in the next book, which isn't bad but it does end on a low-key note. I liked that there were more illustrations than usual this volume, that was a nice surprise.

Read in Japanese and even though the first chapter or two felt a little tougher than usual, I found my reading stamina seemed to get better, I usually can only read 3 chapters in a day, but I managed 4, 5, and even 6 in this volume some days, so I guess my speed is improving a bit as well.