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English release date |
English ISBN |
| 01 |
January 17, 2007 |
ISBN 978-1-59307-624-5 |
- Prologue
- Winter uniforms cannot mask a wounded heart!
- The battle to find the perfect gift for my sweetheart.
- The entangling of red strings.
- Spring Vacation is a lot of work!
- Cherry blossoms hail the new school year.
- Beyond the surface.
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| When first-year high school student Miharu Ogawa gets a call from her parents, telling her to come straight home from school, she prepares herself for the worst. After all, the last time her quirky restaurateur parents told her to come straight home she ended up as a contestant on a kiddy game show! But nothing she could ever have imagined could have prepared her for their "great news"... Miharu is getting married! How's a spirited and independent teenager who has never even kissed a boy supposed to deal with suddenly having a fiancé she's never even met? And how will her feelings change when she finds out that there are other boys out there vying for her affection, and other girls ready and willing to take away the man she's not even sure she's ready for? With her family, friends, (and enemies!) to cope with, will Miharu even have the time to find out if the handsome, devoted Kazuo Fujiwara is really the man she is meant to be with, the man connected to her by the red string of destiny? |
| 02 |
January 30, 2008 |
ISBN 978-1-59307-884-3 |
- The stars shine a little brighter.
- The whims of fate, the wearing down of the red string.
- Emotions are high. Adventure at Ueno Zoo!
- Held together by a thread.
- Truth blowing in the summer wind.
- A feeling worth a thousand text messages.
- Open wounds, tearing hearts.
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| Romantic high school student Miharu Ogawa believes that red strings of destiny tie lovers together forever, but a few hardened hearts around her feel that such bonds can be easily broken. Still struggling with the news of the arranged marriage that her parents lined up for her, Miharu begins to doubt her first instincts about Kazuo Fujiwara. After a rainy afternoon brings them together, Miharu finds that she has more in common with the salacious Makoto Yosue than she thought. Karen begins to vie for the heart of a boy who's promised to another, as memories of a past love torture her. |
| 03 |
May 8, 2008 |
ISBN 978-1-59307-958-1 |
- I cannot go where my heart leads.
- Bit by Bit.
- Lost without you...
- Breaking through to the inner you.
- Resentment and resolutions.
- Believing in lies.
- Alone without you.
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| With a dear friend moving to Tokyo, an arranged marriage pending, and a difficult teacher holding a grudge against her, Miharu Ogawa is having one of her worst semesters in school ever! Her friends aren't having an easy time, either. After breaking down and finally expressing her feelings to Fuuko, Maya seeks solace and advice from Karen - who is not really an expert in love and is having her own relationship problems. "Lone Wolf" Hayashihara struggles with the fact that he's actually making friends, a new character – Jun Mataichi – arrives to stir up a little more confusion, and a snowy accident brings two bickering souls closer together. |
| 04 |
May 15, 2009 |
ISBN 978-0-615-28984-7 |
- New paths lie before me.
- Words resounding on my heart.
- Side Story 1: Letting go of melancholy days.
- The pain of a kiss.
- Missed Chances.
- Breaking Points.
- Side Story 2: Starting over in Tokyo.
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| Miharu starts at her new school and makes two friends who are at odds with each other, Tomi and Kikuko. She struggles to start fitting into Kazuo's "world." Meanwhile, Reika tries to cope with losing Miharu at school. Aizaku finally notices her romantically, but it causes tension between him and Eiji. Fuuko and Maya move on from their old feelings for each other, and Fuuko begins to allow herself to open up to one of her new classmates, Hanae. Morita is beginning to feel the consequences of her behavior toward Maya. |
| 05 |
December 21, 2009 |
ISBN 978-0-615-33601-5 |
- Holding on and letting go.
- Coming to Terms.
- Can we change who we are?
- Damaged Fate.
- Removing Our Masks.
- Harsh realities.
- New Beginnings
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| Kazuo and Miharu celebrate Miharu's birthday. Kazuo's father argues with Kazuo's mother about the engagement, and Kazuo's mother reminisces about how she arranged Kazuo's engagement. Makoto returns home for his grandmother's funeral. Kazuo thinks about how he's going to tell Miharu about his father's wishes, but instead consummates his relationship with Miharu. Kazuo's father tells him that he cannot continue his engagement, and the next day, Kazuo breaks up with Miharu. Karen comforts Miharu. Eiji returns to school and is bullied by Mr Arata, who had previously taught Eiji's older brother. Miharu goes to Kazuo's school to try to talk to him, but he brushes her off. Makoto comforts Miharu, and then visits Kazuo for an explanation. To relax, Miharu, Reika and Tomi pamper themselves. Hanae and Fuuko are caught kissing by Hanae's mother, who tells Hanae that she should grow out of loving girls. Kikuko is approached by her parents about the possibility of marrying Kazuo, but she decides not to, and tells off Kazuo for dumping Miharu. Tomi is approached by a boy who offers her money to hang out with him, she is appalled. Makoto and Karen tell their parents that their engagement isn't working out. Mr Igarashi is concerned about Morita. Miharu and Makoto meet Kazuo in the park, and Kazuo explains why he can't marry Miharu. Makoto's parents buy the Ogawa-ya restaurant. |
| 06 |
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- Anticipation
- Friends no more.
- Building new paths.
- Closer.
- The losing end.
- Home is where the heart is.
- Falling Hard
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