Well, she was sort of original from the start. Like, she didn't talk much but what she said was always thoughtful and made me feel that she had her own philosophy. I never thought her as just an eye candy.
because she dont talk much that she's lfading away from the background because the characters all gave strong personality, but i think
Shimizu is gaining spotlight since Yachi came little by little but since Yachi have stronger personality it kinda overshadowed her that it didnt get an impact before now.
Well, I was just trying to say that generally a shounen can't really be so without some eye-candy, or at least it seems that way. On previous volumes Shimizu's beauty was the only thing remarked on her character.
I think Furudate does an awesome job on character development, it's hard not to love all of them, including the ones who don't have much spotlight, and even though Shimizu is one of those, I like her too and think she's interesting.
That's true.
Maybe because I'm a female, I never really liked the stereotypical girls in shounen manga. For example, I felt kind of uncomfortable about girls in Ace of Diamond (I only know the anime though) and Bakuman, because they didn't feel like real girls, like they behave the way boys want them to. (just my impression)
Kiyoko felt kind of different to me, like she was acting according to her will and thoughts.
Maybe I was overthinking it, but being the only manager and girl in a club must be hard, and she's not a fan girly type. It made me curious what motivated her to keep on supporting the club, doing odd jobs and studying volleyball on her own so quietly. (I respect that because I know I can't do it!)
And she told Yacchan, that if she's even a little bit interested that's enough reason to join her as manager, and I really liked that.
Anyways, I really like Kiyoko san, that's all:>
Some nice character development for Shimizu, she's stopped being the stereotypical female eye-candy added for comic-relief!