Switching to lighter theme once again, Tsukikage Nano (Nano-chan) is
introduced. She is a seiyuu (in the manga, silly), who voices Domiko
(in the anime in the manga, silly). Oh wait, did I say it's a lighter
theme? Actually, it ends up being somewhat serious.
Oops, I forgot to mention that Kazamatsuri (Nanaka's classmate) fell
in love with Hiro while he(?) was around. Of course, Hiro is now gone
forever, so we get an interesting and bittersweet closure to that
story.
This volume must be some kind of closure volume. Arashiyama family
moves away, so right before they move away, we get some closures
between Nenji and Jinpachi (heh, that was his name?), and between
Nenji and Satsuki.
Since there's only one volume left, I guess all the side stories are
getting their closures now.