Tamara's Reviews > Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits, Vol. 5

Again, another slimmer volume, and judging by the next volumes after it, it seems this is a conscious choice Viz Media made. Gotta say, I'm annoyed with the slimming down of pages without slimming down the price point of a book. It's a sleazy way to make more volumes of a series than needed.

Not much to criticize for the actual manga, though I will say that I wish the food depicted was more hand drawn than what appears to be cg generated stock photos of food. For a manga centred around food, I miss the homey quality and charm of hand drawn food in comics. The food in this looks like photographs of actual food run through a filter of some sort to make it look like it was drawn. It's devoid of charm and looks stale and clinical.

The story is progressing nicely, giving us a nice pacing as well as some depth to the already established characters. Aoi gets an unexpected boost for her restaurant in a round about way from Oryo that I quite liked. It's nice to see Aoi's friends help her out without being obvious, which I think fits rather nicely with them being ayakashi. It seems to fit with their natures.

I especially am enjoying the development of Aoi and the Odanna's relationship depicted in quiet moments between the two. And i appreciate the slow burn being built up. Highlight if the volume: the secret side of Bayakuya that Aoi accidentally stumbles upon!