This volume is an uneven mix of episodic events that didn’t hold my attention, except when Suzuna and Eichi were predominately featured. I have felt this way with previous installments of Venus in Love, that some of the daily activities didn’t feel fresh and new, but instead ventured dangerously close to repetitive and uninspired. Something wonderfully endearing would usually happen in the next volume, so I am hoping that is the case with Volume 9. I still love the characters, but this volume jumped around too much to be truly satisfying.