If you haven't already read Takane & Hana #1 (my review here) you should really start this adorably subversive age difference shojo romance.

The antics continue in this volume, as Takane's birthday rolls around. The not-quite-a-pair celebrate in their customary style, and Shiwasu gives actually helpful perspectives on love. While their hijinks are fantastical, and the age difference still a little weird, the romance and love in this manga is still highly realistic.

I wish I had been able to have this manga when I was growing up; books and media gave me such a skewed idea of what love is like, and Shiwasu continues to show what love *really* feels like in the highs and lows. Sometimes a little melodramatically, but that's sort of the package deal for manga.