The fifth volume opens with its twenty-fifth chapter as Shigure Sohma schemes to whisk Tohru, Yuki, Kyo, and Hatori away on a Golden Week getaway. His quiet maneuvering sets the whole mismatched group's holiday in motion.
Shigure Sohma engineers an outing for the Golden Week holiday, arranging for Tohru Honda, Yuki, Kyo, and Hatori to travel off on vacation together. The trip is very much of his own contrivance.
The chapter launches the fifth volume by putting this mismatched party on the road, with Shigure's motives coloring the setup.
Shigure secures the participation of Tohru, Yuki, Kyo, and Hatori for the seasonal break.
Ayame surfaces in mention and memory, and Shigure's editor Mitsuru figures into the chapter as the vacation gets underway.

Naruto vs Luffy with the twist nobody asked for: Luffy tickled Hinata on date night, and she kind of liked it. We break down the whole fight and commit to a winner....

There are no women on Namek. That isn't an oversight, it's the biology. Why we handed Piccolo the one thing his own species rules out, and why it had to be trap soul....
Chapter 25 opens Volume 5 with Shigure Sohma scheming to take Tohru Honda, Yuki, Kyo, and Hatori on a Golden Week vacation together.
Shigure Sohma engineers the outing himself, securing the participation of Tohru, Yuki, Kyo, and Hatori for the seasonal break.
The trip involves Tohru Honda, Yuki, Kyo, and Hatori, with Ayame Sohma and Shigure's editor Mitsuru also figuring into the chapter.
The cover of Chapter 25 gathers Hatori, Shigure, Tohru, and Ayame Sohma.
Chapter 25 is the first chapter of Volume 5 and the twenty-fifth chapter overall, sitting between Chapter 24 and Chapter 26.
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