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Airi Nakatani is a cute and cheerful first-year high school student with a charming personality and a slightly sly side. Thanks to this, Airi is popular with all the boys in school, but there's one boy she just can't win over. Rentaro Tachibana, a delinquent in the same class, is unmoved by Airi, no matter how many coy gestures she tries. But Rentaro has a secret...? A heartwarming and funny romantic comedy about two people who are skilled, yet awkward at love.

During high school, individuals undergo a phase of self-discovery riddled with uncertainties and opportunities for growth. For six certain students, this is also an era of perplexity around love - an emotion that has the power to unite and destroy them all at once. Eiji Aihara, who exudes a realistic yet playful personality, shares a close bond with Naohiko Bessho, whose heart is tethered to a long-distance relationship with Eiji's childhood friend, Izumi Shiosaki. Eiji's daily activities expose him to Mizuho Ikezawa and Taichi Senami, who is infatuated with Ikezawa. Meanwhile, Koharu Fujimura is experiencing her first romantic relationship but remains unsure if it is genuine love. However, her encounter with Naohiko opens her eyes to new possibilities. As these six inexperienced and innocent individuals go through their daily routines, their paths cross, and their lives start to intertwine. Along the way, they come to terms with their true identities and slowly unravel what it means to feel and experience the profound emotion called "love."

Hikaru Kurata has fallen in love with her classmate Kairi Kira at first sight. Now, she's too lovestruck to concentrate on her studies. Her plan? Get Kairi to reject her so she can focus again.

Airi Sezaki and Hinako Hanamura belong to distinct social groups and hierarchies in their school, leading separate lives with no overlap except for a shared clandestine connection. Their bond is characterized by unconventional desires, self-indulgence, and love, kept hidden away from the rest of the world.

Setsu Sawamura is a teenager skilled in playing the Shamisen, a traditional Japanese musical instrument that is similar to a guitar. His grandfather, a renowned Shamisen player, nurtured his talent while he was growing up with his older brother Wakana. Setsu's life turned bleak following his grandfather's demise, which prompted him to quit high school and hitchhike in Tokyo, with the exception of playing his beloved Shamisen. Fortunately, his mother, Umeko, a rich and successful woman, intervened and sent Setsu back to high school. Setsu initially refused to shape up, but with his mother's support, he rediscovered his love for the Shamisen. In 2012, the manga won the Kodansha Manga Award for Shounen and received a nomination for the 23rd Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Fumi Nishioka is an apprentice "Sweeper," a person who cleanses negative emotions from human hearts, who works together with fellow Sweeper Kyuutarou Horikita and his family. Before meeting them, she was homeless, and everywhere she went, people treated her like she was cursed. But the Horikitas—especially Kyuutarou—changed that, and gave her a place where she truly belongs. However, as the Horikitas are shocked to realize, a great yet terrible power lies dormant within Fumi's body, which can be used either for good or evil. Can Fumi control it, or will it end up controlling her?

"That morning when I dribbled past you was the moment when I fell in love." Ashi, the lonely soccer girl and Aoto, the popular soccer boy's secret relationship brought to life by this moment. A new soccer rom-com unfolds, one that will make your heart race with the fresh feeling of youth.

Shijima is roped into a school performance comedy duo by Higashikata, and upon realizing their immense potential, he persuades Shijima to join forces with him in pursuit of their audacious goal of becoming the top comedic act in Japan. Their strategy entails taking the stand-up and sketch comedy genres by storm by triumphing in esteemed competitions.