This one image pretty much sums up their entire relationship :-P Just got done reading volume 7 incidently. 8 and 9 are already pre ordered but it's going to be a long wait :-[
@Kojiro481
Perhaps you are unaware, but there are fan translations for Volume 8 and 9, as well as the bonus novels that were released to accompany the anime (which are canon and very good). You may have heard Sneikkimies mentioned in some AdaShima related conversations. Their translations are the ones most people have read I believe.
@Licentious Lantern Oh I'm well aware, I just made the decision to take my time with the novels . Having to wait can be pretty agonising though, not gonna lie :-P