The artwork is amazing as usual, but I have no idea why Haruki decided to go an entirely different direction with the story (with the same character models no less).

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It's not a different direction. That guy is the president and those girls are Saori and Kyoko's mothers. End of Volume 3: https://e-hentai.org/r/1f8a11628a4ba48bbe8c8e1898044442c073420b-373275-965-1400-png/360093-0dd9488a8cd30c621f6e7d296b665dc036a7ae28/278249-129/Hishoka_Drop_3_125.png

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