Hotaru and Hananoi-kun have weathered a major trial in their relationship—their first extended break apart! But now that summer break is over, it's time for the annual school festival… and just when the curtain's about to be drawn, it comes out that Hotaru's friend Shibamu has the hots for their homeroom teacher, Mr. Hozumi?! But does she really have a chance…? Anything can happen at the Yukisaki High School Festival!

Hotaru finally realizes she loves Hananoi-kun. Now she's got to find a way to tell him how she feels! There's just one problem: she's got a new coworker…Yao-kun, her old friend from elementary school! Memories of childhood trauma come rushing back…and Hotaru knows that she's going to have to face them if she ever wants to know what it's like to be in love.

Hotaru and Hananoi-kun have been together for half a year now. With every passing day, they grow that much closer...and the first summer break of their relationship is right around the corner! Hotaru decides it's time to work on her appearance if she wants to be a good girlfriend for Hananoi-kun...and just as soon as they get that worked out, an all new romance seems to be budding in their friend group!

Hotaru is a 16-year-old high school first-year who has always been ambivalent about love ... but somehow or another, she's found herself going out with Hananoi-kun, the pretty boy from the class down the hall who, as it turns out, is a little too romantic for his own good. But they're not official yet; they're going out on a trial basis, and once Christmas Day comes, they'll be perfect strangers again. Hotaru was fine with that ... until Hananoi-kun gave her the happiest Christmas Eve of her life. Now, with the deadline just hours away, Hotaru's beginning to have second thoughts ...

THE MOVING FORWARD Shizu’s grand scheme to get Tetsu to play soccer one last time was a big success, and has become a catalyst for change for everyone involved. One of the biggest changes comes from Chihiro, who works up the courage to tell Tetsu his biggest secret. Will this revelation tear the friends apart?

A beautifully packaged edition of one of García Márquez's most beloved novels, with never-before-seen color illustrations by the Chilean artist Luisa Rivera and an interior design created by the author's son, Gonzalo García Barcha. In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs—yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.

Hananoi-kun and Hotaru have only grown closer after overcoming their first real fight. And then, during a New Year's Eve date, Hotaru says “I don't want to go home tonight.” Hananoi-kun is shocked at first, but it seems she has a legitimate reason…! Nothing will be the same as the two ring in the New Year together with big changes in store for Hotaru's life!