Well, I was wrong, which is a good thing. Shuu being alone would be pretty depressing. And wasn't there supposed to be a break? Maybe, I was seeing things. I'll take it in any case.
Not that I'm not somewhat eager for my hard copy to arrive but characters are the biggest part of the story and the characters have changed drastically. Not that I don't like 5th grade Shuu or Chiba. But I like the 10th grade versions a lot more at this point.