Cue the melodrama and slowdown. Mori Kaoru's Emma, Vol. 5 switches gears and begins the "slow & plodding melodr-angst arc" where none of the main characters are accomplishing much of anything except self-loathing (although much minor character innuendo abounds). Also there is a highly cute fourth wall-breaking easter egg on page 107 (I will not spoil it for you however). ( )

著者が女性だなんて。どう見ても男性のノリでしょ、これは（笑）。

ストーリーの方は再度再開を果たしましたが、許嫁の父親が一癖も二癖もありそうなお方。子爵っていったら爵位のある中では一番下だったんじゃないかなー、確か。ナイトは一代限りのものだから別物だし。それで社交界にウンヌンって言えるのは爵位で計れない大きな力でも持っているのでしょうか。

どちらにしてもこの父親。娘が結婚すれば面白くないだろうし、かといって婚約破棄となったらそれ以上に怒りそうだし。作者がどのように話を持っていくのか楽しみです。 ( )

Ah, it's KILLING me that I don't have the next volume within reach! This book was good! It showed some past history of some of the couples as well as Emma and William getting back in contact. There wasn't much interaction between William and his betrothed though, so I'm wondering how their relationship is going along. My favorite part was, definately, when William went to visit Emma. Such a heartfelt- and fangirling- moment. No one, and I mean no one, thinks that the relationship will work. The tension
s REALLY getting to me. I can not WAIT until the next book. ( )

In this volume, we learn some history about William's parents, see some of the aftermath of his and Emma meeting at his engagement party, a series of letters between Emma and William, and we meet Eleanor's parents.

Ack, this is getting so good! Or it was good already, and I'm just getting more excited. Emma is changed after her trip to England, and the whole house seems to be involved one way or another. It sounds like there are a lot of Hans fans out there, and I don't get it. But I do love Dorothea and her husband. Dramatic! Heh heh! But as Mori puts it in the afterward, we're just waiting until the rich boy does something... and I want William to get on with it! I do like Emma coming out of her shell, though. And putting out fires.

By the by, the description of the book on GoodReads and Amazon is for the wrong volume. And it's a spoiler. Boo! ( )