Kobato, Volume 3

Kobato's mission to fill up her magic bottle might just be on the
backburner. It seems that the members of Yomogi Kindergarten's staff are
no strangers to wounds of the heart, but despite Kobato's efforts,
she's no closer to healing either Sayaka-sensei or the ever-solemn
Fujimoto-kun! Moreover, the center is still on the verge of being shut
down by unscrupulous gangster types! Leaving Kobato to her own devices,
Ioryogi-san meets (read: clashes) with some odd characters from his past
and uses his otherworldly connections to investigate Yomogi. Who is
Ioryogi-san really?! And will Kobato's sheer determination to help those
around her be enough to unravel the kindergarten's secrets and save the
hearts of its staff from despair?!