Blue Box, Vol. 5 | By Kouji Miura | Viz Media - Sometimes trying to be kind can just look like mixed signals. That's what Taiki's having to deal with in this volume of Blue Box. He takes Hina to the festival, but ends up spending most of it with Chinatsu, as they try to
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