Just picked up and read the English version of Volume 7. Actually, I really liked almost all aspects of it (too bad the anime couldn't cover more of this stuff but ah well). I think the only part that annoyed me was Karin's dad behavior at some points --- cliche understandable but still kind of a cardboard cutout.
Kenta's mom gets a lot of character points in this volume and lots of glorious pics of Karin in all her unhinged emotional rollercoastering.
Anju, Ren, and Karin's mom come off quite bit more complex as well over the last couple of volumes.
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