"Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!" (bless this wonderful world!) volume 12 by Akatsuki Natsume. It's all Dakness and romantic comedy for this volume.
Despite the less than noble personality traits shown by Kazuma so far, he has responded well to two confession scenes in this volume. The first confession from Megumin in chapter 1 was very much expected from all the development up until now, but it was actually a setup for the second confession from Dakness in chapter 3. The heartfelt dialog between Dakness and Kazuma was among some of the best that I have read, and Kazuma's rejection might be the most honorable line he had ever said.
This disturbance in character relationships is quickly restored in the remaining chapters, where we observed Dakness's community service work, her accidental victories against goblins and orcs, and her unexpected skills in infiltrating a demon's household. Megumin might have came out ahead in chapter 1, but Dakness was well represented in all other chapters. The author has maintained the balance in this party while carefully developing all characters, although Aqua is still an idiot as usual.
The most surprising bit for this volume wasn't so much the character growth, but learning about how annual income tax is just as (un)avoidable in this other wonderful world. This series might seem like romantic comedy in recent volumes, but it's still a comedy about adventurers at its core. There was a great fight scene with Eris in this volume, and I look forward to more appearance from With in the next volume.
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