Diamond Head Vol. 2

Synopsis:

It was almost Christmas. A new guy, Setsu (very good looking as well), appeared in school. He turned out to be an old friend of Leica & the gang who moved away 3 years ago. A new case regarding plagiarism of an artwork was filed. Setsu was invited to join back in the judicature club but he refused.

Although the rest of the members wanted to finish the case quickly, but Leica requested that they postpone it to the next semester – not giving a clear reason for his request. Back at the art gallery, Kirihiko caught Setsu looking at the 2 similar artworks and asked if he found anything. The former replied that he wasn’t looking at all and said that it was a pain to be with the guys.

The chapter ended with Katsuma asking Nanao to go out with him and Leica again asking Setsu to join the club.

He managed to “persuade” Setsu and the gang went to investigate the plagiarism case. During the investigation, Setsu was drawn to the case and requested to be allowed to debate in the trial. It seems that he have solved the case. Both the plaintiff and the defendant were friends who lived nearby. The reason their artwork was similar was because both took their inspiration from the scenery of the road where they parted each day when walking home together. At the end of the trial, Setsu officially join the judicature club.

It was the start of the new semester when Nanao (now in 2^nd year) found out through her classmates that she is dating Katsuma. Seems like he used Nanao as an excuse to turn down the girl who confessed to him. In retaliation, the girl decided to file a claim against him for hurting her emotionally. The trial is a total hoo-haa (sorry for that phrase..hehhee) as Nanao rejected Katsuma in front of everyone. Another girl – Mizuki Miyamora – ask to be allowed to join the judicature club because she has a crush on Setsu. However, she was turned down as well.

In the following chapter, Leica was absent. Worried, the gang decided to visit him. The found him lying on the floor without his pants on! It was all a big joke when they found out that Leica was just hungry! He ran out of energy while dressing. So each one tried to cook for him but it was a failure!!!! Finally – hehehe – I won’t reveal this ending. Read the manga to find out!

Reviews:

Hahaha... This is a very nice volume. There’s plenty of laughs especially for the the last 2 chapters where the girl file a claim against Katsuma & also the one where Leica was hungry. As much as I like the seriousness of the manga when it deals with its own issues, I still love a good laugh here and there. Setsu is a good addition and nicely introduced.

One thing I realized about this manga is that even though Katsuma is a potential love interest of Nanao, he seems to be the only character that doesn’t pull my interest.

I like the scenes with Leica & Kirihiko, and even Setsu who just appeared in this volume, but I can never remember Katsuma’s name... (I have to refer back to the manga over and over again!)This is very strange considering that Katsuma received equal “screen time” as the other characters. Hmm... have to think back on this one.

A note aside: I apologize for the error made for Diamond Head Volume 1 review. It was stated that this manga was 3 volumes long, but in actual – it is 5 volumes long. Sorry for the mistake.

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