Abe and Ryomei-sempai have both qualified for Interhigh! For Akari, this means sacrificing her dreams of a summer spent making googly eyes with her boyfriend for, you guessed it, more karate training... And for Abe, this means finally settling the score with Ryomei! But our heroine might still be in luck, because after Interhigh comes her birthday—and Abe's got a special surprise for her. ♪

Akari couldn't think less of her school's karate champ, Abe-kun, despite him being the national champion. He's giant, uncouth, and couldn't be more different than her sweet angel and childhood friend, Takuto. But when Abe-kun injures his arm protecting her, she takes it upon herself to get him healed—after all, the school's pride is at stake—but finds the tables suddenly turned when he confesses to her! Now she's the goal he's aiming for, and she'll soon find out how driven a national champion can be!

With Abe's karate tournament safely a thing of the past, the scene shifts to December, which can only mean one thing...Akari and Abe's very first Christmas!♪ Abe wants to know what Akari's favorite thing is, so she proposes a game: if he can figure out what that is, she'll give him anything he wants. Surprising absolutely no one, the gorilla boy is all too happy to rise to the occasion!

Akari's been floating on air lately. She and Abe are happily in love, which means, for the very first time, she has an actual Valentine for Valentine's day! Now, if only her Dad hadn't stumbled upon them in a compromising situation... And then a second-year-shakeup turns everything topsy-turvy in the worst possible way!

Unable to outrun Abe's fast and furious declarations of love, Akari suddenly realizes that she returns his feelings... But unfortunately for her, Abe's performance at the school festival has bumped his popularity into the stratosphere! Now, hapless-in-love Akari has to face-off against hordes of monkey-hungry ladies for his affections—even though she and Abe are finally on the same page (or so you would think)! The chase-and-be-chased marathon of love continues in volume 3!

Akari and Abe have faced their share of challenges on the way to becoming second-years. Most recently, Ryomei-sempai—Abe's inspiration, the guy who first introduced our gorilla boy to karate—has officially named himself Abe's rival. But it's not just victory on the mat he's after... He wants to win Akari's affections too! It's Abe versus Ryomei in a battle for supremacy in love AND karate!

Now, in their third and final year of high school, Akari and Abe are charging full speed ahead toward their futures. For Akari, that means studying for college entrance exams while Abe busts out all the stops for one last hurrah at Interhigh! (When your partner's doing their best, it's hard not to follow suit!) With their final summer break just around the corner, it's time to see exactly where our two heroes will end up, once and for all!