Assorted Entanglements

“What would I do at a time like this if I were an adult…?” Have you ever thought that—? If Saori had her way, her big sister Iori would always be beside her—where she could just reach out her hand and they’d touch, open her mouth and they’d talk. But now Iori has a girlfriend. And a job. And a lot less time for her little sis. Somehow, whenever she can’t be with her sister, Saori finds her classmate Shizuku—even though they seem to oscillate between friend and foe, stranger and confidant. Who exactly is that girl to her…?

Memories from Shizuku’s troubled past have gotten between her and Saori. They share too much. Their hopeless loves, the ways they push each other away when they need companionship the most, their anxieties about replacing and being replaced… But maybe, if Saori swallows her pride and chases after Shizuku, they can make up by sharing two more things—a kiss and a confession!

Sugimoto feels she was pushed away, while Kujou-senseifrets she didn’t express herself well enough.And as they slide further and further apart, they eachspiral into reflection on their own pasts—the memoriesof failed relationships that burden them to this dayand keep them from closing the distance. But wisdom can be found in strange places… Perhaps an unexpected third party can help mend their rift…?

There are things two people learn by living together and spending a lot of time with each other. Everyone has their good points and their bad points. Shinohara has come to see more than her fair share of the latter in Heke. But she’s learned something else too: She wants to be with Heke for the rest of her life. Heke and Shinohara’scohabitation continues, and their relationship—like everyother couple’s—deepens and changes.

Iori and Minami are an unmistakably odd couple with nothing in common—not their personalities, their careers, or even their ages—and they’re as happy as they’ve ever been. They still quarrel just like always, and things are busier than ever now that Shizuku and Saori have moved in with them, but the comfort they find in each other keeps them going. Now and forever, the two of them will hold onto that feeling—and each other.