One: True Stories
| No. | Title | Original sale date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | "Episode 1" | November 21, 2003 | ||
| One day at school, Kōhei tries to get out of cleaning duty, and runs off to the roof where he meets a blind girl in a year ahead of him named Misaki Kawana. After some time, Christmas is coming up, and Kōhei tries to invite Misaki to a Christmas party he is going to, but Misaki initially tells him she already has plans. He later finds out that she lied because she was scared. Since Misaki feels that the school is the place she can be happiest, Kōhei and Misaki spend a night together at school and have sex. Another day, Kōhei discovers that she has no memory of him. | ||||
| 02 | "Episode 2" | February 27, 2004 | ||
| On a rainy day, Kōhei once again stops to talk with Akane Satomura in the vacant lot she is always standing in alone. He learns that she is waiting for her childhood friend who had disappeared some time ago, and she is still waiting for his return. Kōhei continuously tries to talk with Akane, but is shunned by Akane in the beginning. Another day, Kōhei is talking with Akane in the vacant lot when she suddenly collapses. He takes her to his home and lets her rest the rest of the day. Later at school, Kōhei asks her to go on a date with him, but she refuses him. Kōhei goes to the park to meet her and she eventually comes albeit late. Later that day, Kōhei and Akane go back to his home and have sex. Another day, Kōhei discovers that she too has no memory of him anymore, just like Misaki. | ||||
| 03 | "Episode 3" | May 28, 2004 | ||
| One morning after surprising Mizuka by sleeping under his bed, Kōhei suggests that he and Mizuka go on a date, and she agrees; they spend the rest of that day together having fun. The following week, Kōhei asks Mizuka to go out on another date, and she agrees, but after waiting at the park for a while, finds that she never shows. When it starts raining, he collapses and wakes up in his room with Mizuka next to him. One thing leads to another and they have sex. The next morning, Kōhei discovers that Mizuka has already forgotten about last night's events and thinks it is not long now before she completely forgets about him. In the end, she does not forget about him, though he disappears before her eyes. She tries to go back to her normal life after that, but always kept a hope that he would someday return. Eventually, Kōhei leaves the Eternal World and comes back to Mizuka. | ||||
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