Summary and observations on Volume 8: New relationship drama for Sara and Suiren

This is the first of five posts summarising the volumes of Torikae baya that cover the period after the siblings’ big switch and before the manga’s conclusion. Something to bear in mind as we go on is that although I’ll continue to refer to Sara and Suiren as the characters we know, most people at court think that each sibling is the other – making everything a bit confusing!

At the end of Volume 7, Sara was working as Togu’s naishi no kami alongside San no Hime, and getting the first inklings that he might have a thing for the Emperor. That situation and its ongoing developments take centre stage in Volume 8.