Tokyo Mew Mew Omnibus, Vol. 3 by Mia Ikumi

I feel like the most intelligible conversations came from the villains, so I started rooting for them. The storytelling is poorly focused and when all five girls are together the dialogue is so jumpy it has no flow to it. I wouldn't mind it if he was just the love interest, but then we have moments where she answers her phone during battle just to talk to him or when she tries to save the world really quickly because he's waiting for her and she doesn't want to upset him by being incredibly late while this thing is trying to kill people and she's focused on trying to get to her date. It is just incredibly frustrating when a female main character, who has such potential as a heroine, ends up crossing the line from having a crush on a boy to having really terrible priorities. Then I'll never be his girlfriend.' pg.113 There's a moment when Ichigo thinks her DNA has permanently morphed and instead of worrying about the rest of her life, her friends, her family, how things may never be the same way again and her entire life is gone, her first prominent thought on the issue: We have crossed into Bella Swan territory here. He consistently shows behaviour that is incredibly red flag and Ichigo's relationship with him has gradually made me dislike her as well.

Instead the focus is entirely put on the relationship between Aoyama and Ichigo.

What's the point of having a group if they aren't even a central part of the story after four volumes?! To start with, why don't we just forget about those other four girls on the Mew Mew 'Team'? They have been thrown to the side lines for four volumes now, which has resulted in them hardly have any background information absolutely no story lines of their own and they only show up when Ichigo wants to complain about them or needs help in battle. This is about to get a little ranty, you've been warned. What is it about this series that I'm missing?

Tokyo Mew Mew Omnibus, Vol. 3 by Mia Ikumi