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A sweet "aww"\-inspiring tale of school life begins!! At school, Kyouko Hori is known for being smart, attractive, and popular. On the other hand, her classmate, the boring, gloomy Izumi Miyamura tends to get painted as a "loser fanboy." But when a liberally pierced and tattooed (not to mention downright gorgeous) Miyamura appears unexpectedly on the doorstep of secretly plain\-Jane homebody Hori, these two similarly dissimilar teenagers discover that there are multiple sides to every story...and person!

The sweet, "aww"\-inspiring tale of school life continues!! By all appearances, Kyouko Hori and Izumi Miyamura are worlds apart. Bright and capable, Hori is always surrounded by classmates, the center of attention. For Miyamura, a quirky loner, getting through class unnoticed counts as a good day. But ever since these two started sharing secrets, they've found themselves drawn into each other's orbit little by little and the distance between them shrinking bit by bit...

A sweet aww\-inspiring tale of school life continues!! The longer Hori and Miyamura keep each other's secrets, the closer they get. When Hori blurts out an inadvertent I like you, will Miyamura respond in kind? Or could the slipup spell the end of their friendship...?

Miyamura's casually murmured "I like you" at her bedside sends Hori into a tailspin. Was he just talking to himself? Or was he actually confessing his feelings for her? Slowly but surely, the pair's secret\-filled relationship begins to change...

Sawako Kuronuma is the perfect heroine...for a horror movie. With striking similarities to a haunting movie character\-\-jet\-black hair, sinister smile and silent demeanor\-\-she's mistakenly called Sadako by those around her. But behind her scary façade is a very misunderstood teenager. Too shy to fit in, all she wants to do is make some friends. But when the most popular boy in class befriends her, she's sure to make more than just that\-\-she's about to make some enemies too!

Hori and Miyamura are now officially a couple, and everyone knows it. But not everything's coming up roses for Miyamura, who's worried that people are talking about Hori behind her back. When his anxiety about being Hori's boyfriend reaches fever pitch, Miyamura drastically changes his look, and all at once, everyone's opinion of him changes too...

For Hori and Miyamura, being together, even at school, is now completely natural. But they don't just have each other! As the pair navigates the intricacies of being a couple, they interact and connect with the people around them, who in turn make their world all the more colorful. But Hori and Miyamura's friends are no strangers to the bittersweet pangs of love either...

The unbelievably attractive Akane Yanagi takes the stage...and maybe the lead from Miyamura?! And the high school lives of the usual suspects from Kiri High grow even livelier, as Hori abruptly starts demanding violence from Miyamura, the student council trio gets unusually flustered, and the sports festival arrives!

The sweet "aww"\-inspiring tale of school life continues!! The Kiri High crew dives into the sports festival...and thanks to some fighting words from Hori, even phys ed\-phobic Miyamura is fired up and raring to go?! His fellow third\-years might get some great last memories out of their final sports fest\-\-as Sengoku's apathy, Sakura's battle with rhythm, and Hori's manly cheerleading take center stage\-\-but for Miyamura, they'll be his first!

The sweet "aww"\-inspiring tale of school life continues!! Winter's here, and with it comes scarves and coats, snow, Christmas...and year\-end blues? Love (and heartbreak) is still in the air, but Hori's thoughts turn to the future and what it holds for her and Miyamura. Will Hori's anxiety prove contagious, or will Miyamura be able to put her at ease?

Not everyone is as quick on the draw as Hori and Miyamura when it comes to love. Ever the trustworthy friend, Ishikawa has seen the couple through thick and thin, but his own heart seems to be taking a more meandering road to romance. Having realized that he and Yoshikawa might be more than "just friends," Ishikawa is now stuck attempting to navigate the murky waters between friendship and love. But one thing he does know is that the time he spends with Yoshikawa, however mystifying, is special in its own right...

If she's not studying or diligently carrying out her student council duties, mild\-mannered Sakura Kouno indulges in her secret hobby\-\-manga! When she runs into Yanagi on a frantic trip to the bookstore for the latest chapter of her favorite series, Sakura makes a surprising discovery! Will Hori and Miyamura's circle of friends grow even tighter as Sakura and Yanagi come out of their shells?

Rumors start flying about Sadako's new friends claiming that Yano's been around the block and Yoshida's a former gang member. And the source of all this tattle? Sadako herself! Will Sadako retreat to her former life as a loner because of a simple misunderstanding?!

Hori and Miyamura decide to ring in the New Year at the local shrine...but with it also comes the beginning of their last term in high school. As the pair and their friends return to their everyday lives and the usual hijinks, both the special days and the humdrum ones prove irreplaceable. But these precious days can't last forever...