Tsubaki-chou Lonely Planet

When Fumi catches up to Akatsuki at the cultural festival to clear up their misunderstandings, he responds to the flustered girl with…a kiss?! Akatsuki, clumsy with love as he is, pours his heart out to Fumi. Will this be the moment that finally brings them on the same page as a couple? Meanwhile, Yoh’s world has been rocked following Isshin’s confession, and Fumi decides it’s her turn to be her best friend’s wingwoman by pushing Yoh to ask him on a date! This volume also contains a second Daytime Shooting Star side story!

While Gorou recuperates, the sincere and straightforward Uneda takes over as Akatsuki's editor. As she watches them, Fumi can’t help but feel anxious about how compatible the two seem to be. Then she overhears that Uneda and Akatsuki are set to go on a research trip to Kyoto alone?!

Akatsuki’s temporary editor Uneda is attttracted to him, and on top of that, Akatsuki is quick to defend her in an argument with Fumi. Too hurt to face him, Fumi storms offff in the heat of the moment. Just as she’s stuck with nowhere else to go, Gorou takes her in for a while—and given his own feelings about her, it seems he seriously wants to keep her with him! Can Fumi and Akatsuki prove to both Gorou and Uneda that they’re the right match for each other?

It’s time to ring in the New Year, and Fumi and Akatsuki are invited to tag along with Yoh and Isshin for their fifirst shrine visit. But when Fumi asks Akatsuki about his family’s traditions, he dodges the question. What about his history is he keeping from her… and why? Just as she’s leftft to ponder this, the crowd surges and the group gets split up! Before they can all manage to fifind their way back to one another, Isshin and Yoh reveal their own struggles with love…

Fumi’s father pays her and Akatsuki a surprise visit to announce that he’s secured a way to clear his debt, and Akatsuki wastes no time admitttting he’s dating his daughter. Furious, Mr. Ohno demands they stop seeing each other and forces Fumi to move back in with him, tearing the couple apart. Can Fumi reconcile with her father and keep her romance intact from a distance? It all depends on whether Akatsuki can convince Mr. Ohno to accept him…