VOLUME 17'S COVER IS SO WONDERFUL.
I don't always get so excited about the covers being released but this time I absolutely am. Volume 17 is the first instance of Haruaki (or... a part of his soul) NOT being on the cover. Tanamai-sensei's tweet where she revealed the cover just made the cover even cuter to me. She shared anecdote about asking her editor if she should find a way to include Haruaki on the cover, but her editor saying this time it's okay for it just to be the two of them (Izuna and Ibara), it just adds to the charm of this cover, seriously!! Here's a link to the english translation of the tweet for those interested in seeing a translation of her exact words.
I'm posting this about a day after the cover got released, but I first saw the cover yesterday, and I spent the first 3 hours after seeing it trying not to scream. I had class, which interrupted my "think obsessively about the newest yohaji release" time. Luckily I was able to scream over text about it with some of my friends (who aren't yohaji fans, but are willing to listen to my screaming) which definitely helped me expel some of that excess energy before class, but the moment class ended my brain was back to thinking about how much I love Volume 17's cover. It's been over a day now since the cover was revealed, and I'm still so very in love with this cover, it's seriously too cute for me to calm down any time soon ♡!