Contentment is knowing that you are right. Happiness is knowing that someone else is wrong. –Bill Bailey
I and my Superpartner have come to an agreement that I’ll be content and she’ll be happy or vice-versa, depending on who steps on whose foot the first thing in the morning.
Anyway, right now I am both happy and content because Sketchbook volume 12 has recently been released. Not only released but has found its way to me just after 4 days of it being released! EMS takes its job pretty seriously. 
Here you have Ao – the ‘troubled’ brother of Sora – in full glory adorning the cover of this highly-anticipated volume (by me at least!). I guess Ooba-san missed her chance this time again.
As is customary here on this blog, I will share photos of a few pages that I find interesting and hilarious some days later. As a sneak peek, let me share the themes of the chapters for now (Disclaimer: These show my gut feelings not actual understanding because I don’t know how to read/write/speak Japanese!):
| Chapter | Theme |
| 159 | Slugs. (Also, Kokage explains Abstract Art to Ao?) |
| 160 | Kei & Takane discuss ‘Frog & Prince’ story… |
| 161 | Hazuki visits Sora and they try baking cake… with Ao’s help! |
| 162 | Different hairstyles & Kate’s confusion with words (as usual). |
| 163 | Kei & Takane meet SuzuKaze combo (for the first time?). |
| 164 | Sora, Daichi, Kokage, Nagisa & of course, Bugs! |
| 165 | Asaka, Nagisa & of course, Grasshoppers vs. Locusts. |
| 166 | Kei & Takane meet Asaka & Daichi fighting with their Monsters! |
| 167 | Kate teaching English to others… |
| 168 | Asaka, Daichi, Nagisa & of course, Ichthyology! |
| 169 | Intro of a ‘new’ character w/ SuzuKaze combo… |
| 170 | Sora, Juju, SuzuKaze, Nagisa & of course, Ornithology! |
| 171 | Sora, Kei, Takane, Kokage, Nagisa & of course, Entomology! |
| 172 | High jinks of SuzuKaze combo & Kate (the usual)… |
| 173 | Entomology and Botany too with Nagisa… |
| 174 | Sora, Kei & Takane want to attract birds (bit more Ornithology). |
Last nut lot beastly, if you’re wondering about the source of the quote above, here you go:
