First of all, that financial hardship is far from the real issue, and
it's not about a young girl. It's about dreams of generations of
people, some not yet born, some growing up, some all grown up, some
dead and gone, and even one dead, but sticking around. That one ghost
who wears a lion mask has had a life intertwined with many other
events, past and probably even future. Needless to say, it is
extremely interesting.
In this volume, Asumi passes the entrance exam for the space academy.
In the process, she meets new friends, all of who seem to have their
own complex reasons for being there, but they're not really explored
in this volume. We also learn little bit about Asumi's mother, who
died in the launch accident. As if that's not enough material for one
volume, we get to see the closure of the relationship between Lion-san
and Asumi's current teacher. And of course, we learn who Lion-san
really is, or was, but there's probably more to the whole thing.
I've already read up to volume 5, but I'll try to comment on each
volume as I list them.
For a while, I thought I should also buy the anime, because the manga
is so wonderful, but after looking at some of the screenshots from the
anime, I decided not to. I can't believe they cheaped out so much on
the production for such a wonderful series. No big deal, since
there's always the original work.
