Nice romantic development. Akatsuki gave a rose to Akari. I dunno if that will progress further, cause I want to see more romance between Alicia and Akatsuki, but Akari's explanation that Akatsuki's love for Alicia spreads outwards was a nice comparison.
We also meet Alice in Volume 3, and the treasure hunt. I want to go on one like that some time. the 3 water fairies part was also giving some detail on why Aika loves Alicia. Unfortunately, she couldn't give the rose to her today. I want to know more about Orange Planet too, and the third water fairy.
BTW,it has been a year already, and Pigtail/momiko hasn't graduated to no gloves yet. I want to see when she will do that. I am quite impatient by now.
The manga art looks consistent. I hope the art improves more than Aqua did somehow.