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Class queen Manami Fuwa has been gaining weight lately, and to make matters worse, a rival girl is taunting her in class, calling her a "muscle ball with money." When Taichi Utsuki can't contain his thoughts about her weight, he's forced to accompany Fuwa on her diet! A romantic comedy of dieting with a violent, irrational, selfish girl with no sense of emotional distance begins.
Ran, a high school sophomore, is suddenly confessed to by Hikaru, a handsome male kouhai. Ran is bewildered by the unexpected confession from someone whose name she did not even know. Nevertheless, the distance between the two of them slowly shrinks...
"You'll never fall in love with me." Takamura, a high school student, returns to the town where he lived as a child and, by chance, finds himself in the same class as Rei, the boy he had a crush on back then. Rei also remembers Takamura, and feeling something akin to fate, Takamura once again begins to harbor a faint feelings for him. However, when Takamura witnesses Rei entering a hotel with a man after class, Takamura is surprised and asks him about it. Rei nonchalantly replies that the guy was a sex friend, and Rei's next words are: "I have no idea what it means to fall in love with someone"...?
A tale of two remarkably mature adolescents, who possess commendable intellect and emotional stability. Despite their youthful age of 14, they have fallen deeply in love. Although their conduct reflects their maturity, their endearing emotions towards each other are portrayed with genuine fondness, devoid of any sentimentality. The story is comprised of 50 standard chapters, 78 interludes, and 15 supplementary chapters.
Kyousuke, Nina's neighbor, is entering high school while she remains in junior high. Merely strolling to their nearby educational institutions doesn't suffice for her as they repeatedly encounter Yuiko, an attractive and extroverted girl in Kyousuke's class who may have romantic sentiments towards Nina's neighboring acquaintance.
Two men have a heated conversation on a rooftop, but appearances can be deceiving. Souta Aoki, a kind-hearted young man, has fallen for Mio Hashimoto, his classmate who always smiles and does good deeds. His heart sinks when she lends him an eraser with another student's name, Ida, engraved on it. When Kousuke Ida sees his name on the eraser, he thinks Aoki has feelings for him. Aoki has to sort out this misunderstanding on his own, without revealing Hashimoto's affections for Ida. As fake and genuine emotions mix, misunderstandings run rampant in this intense love triangle of first crushes.
A man was killed by a group of acquaintances five years ago. Shintarou Nakamura, Akira Kanzaki, Ryuu Nimaidou, Haruka Nagase, and Tsubaki Toyoshima visit the murder site each year to renew their vow of secrecy. When they hear of a golf course development planned for the area, they return to move the body. Instead of finding remains, they discover a cell phone that starts ringing. After answering the call, they're informed by a stranger that the bones are missing and their crime has been exposed. To avoid imprisonment, they agree to complete a "favor" for the caller, but this task unravels a scheme that strains their bond.
When Nishiki, a pupil attending a rural middle school, meets Atsumori, a visitor from Tokyo and high school student, she engages in conversation with him. Her interactions with the suave Atsumori fuel her desire to flee her upbringing in the countryside and relocate to the city. But to her surprise, an opportunity to move to Tokyo arises through a proposal of marriage!
Inami, whose older brother doesn't go to school, and Kiyokawa, whose older sister doesn't go to school, both became the class pet caretakers when they were in fifth grade. Each carrying their own burdens, the two had supported each other through their daily lives. But then one day, an unexpected incident occurs…
At dawn, the Azuma family welcomed their newborn son, Hikaru, whose name fittingly means "light." However, during a playdate, Hikaru's mother noticed that her child stood out from the other children. This heartbreaking but moving story follows a young mother as she learns to cope with the overwhelming realization that her child has autism and the difficulties that come with raising him while keeping her family together. It is a narrative that speaks not only to those who have been affected by autism but to all parents who face their own unique challenges. Additionally, this volume features two one-shots: "Thank You Sensei!" and "Haru no Manazashi."
