Date A Live, Vol. 7 (light novel): Truth Miku (Volume 7)

Shido is in a hopeless situation, and as such he is willing to make a deal with the devil, or the nightmare known as Kurumi in this case. After all, dealing with DEM to free Tohka while keeping Miku and her mind-controlled followers of his back is impossible for him alone. As previous volumes what follows is a somewhat absurd story, funny at times, with some interesting world building and character development. It uses some of the harem and dating game tropes liberally, although with enough twists to keep things fun and entertaining for me. There is a bit of drama in here (especially about Miku's background) that feels a bit out of place in what is mostly comedy, and the end conflict was a bit chaotic. Still, an entertaining read and good end to the arc.

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