When Saki called Yuuta "Big Brother," it looked to everyone else like their relationship had taken a big step forward. In reality, it was more like a line drawn in the sand. As their hidden feelings make time spent together increasingly awkward, the two of them explore new relationships and weigh their priorities. Are some things worth holding onto despite the sacrifice, or is it time to let go and move on?
ALL WORK AND NO PLAY ... It’s Yuuta and Saki’s first summer vacation as stepsiblings, and they’ll be working at the same bookstore! As Saki’s coworker, Yuuta begins to see a side of her he hadn’t noticed before. But after observing her new coworker for a while, Shiori makes a dark observation—if Saki doesn’t ease up and stop pushing herself so hard, sooner or later she’s going to fall apart. In order to help her, Yuuta will have to make a decision. Should he interfere in his stepsister’s life, even if it means breaking their promise?
HOW CLOSE IS TOO CLOSE? Yuuta Asamura is still figuring out how to interact with his new stepsister, Saki Ayase. After discovering they have more in common than expected, the two reach a comfortable equilibrium, but things start to get out of whack when Saki fails one of her exams and asks for Yuuta’s help. Then Yuuta’s attractive college-age coworker, Shiori, invites him out on a date, and Saki finds a strange new emotion welling up in her heart...Just what is this feeling?
CAUGHT BETWEEN FRIEND AND FOE... On their trip home from the Kudou family villa, Miyo and Kiyoka narrowly escape an ambush from the leader of the Gifted Communion, Naoshi Usui, who claims to be Miyo’s father. Fearing that Miyo will be targeted again, Kiyoka insists that she accompany him to his workplace from now on and appoints a female soldier named Kaoruko as her bodyguard. Though Miyo is unsettled by the revelation that Kaoruko was one of Kiyoka’s previous marriage candidates, the two women gradually warmup to each other and become friends. But can their bond survive the hidden threat coming for Miyo...?
At long last, Subaru can finally enjoy a breather...until an envoy visits to discuss the royal selection. Determined to help Emilia win the throne, Subaru accompanies her to the capital, but Emilia herself stubbornly refuses his assistance. As the tension grows between the royal candidates, so does the friction in the pair's relationship. Has Subaru's devotion gone too far?
What’s wrong with this story? After being kidnapped, Kimizuka, Natsunagi, Saikawa, and Charlie have learned the truth about Siesta’s death...or have they? A girl who looks just like the deceased appears and informs them that the footage they’ve been investigating contains an error. As they hunt for an answer to a mystery that even Siesta couldn’t uncover, the group will learn what it truly means to inherit the legacy of an ace detective. Though the detective may already be dead and the truth of her passing revealed, it’s still too early for the epilogue...
After clearing forty layers of the Tsukuyomi Academy Dungeon solo in record time, Kousuke is finally invited to join the Academy’s most politically powerful student organization: the Three Committees. As Kousuke continues to do everything he can to guide his friends to a happy ending, he senses that something strange is happening with Iori Hijiri’s younger stepsister, Yuika. But what should be an easily resolvable event quickly gets out of hand when Kousuke realizes that the story of the game has branched off into uncharted territory!
WHO WERE YOU TO HER? WHO WAS SHE TO YOU? While on an outing one day, Kimihiko Kimizuka and his three friends are kidnapped by...Siesta herself?! But they soon learn there’s more to the story as she reveals the long-forgotten truth about Siesta’s death. Will this be the clue that finally unlocks the secrets of Kimihiko's past?
Sister-obsessed author Itsuki Hashima is embroiled in a bitter struggle with his popular series Sisterly Combat. Between video games and mixed baths and cherry blossom viewing and making up excuses for his editor, he's slowly but surely making progress on his manuscript. Somehow, he and his unique collection of friends--Nayuta Kani, Puriketsu, Miyako Shirokawa, and his little brother Chihiro--manage to stumble through life together. And not only that, but his friend Haruto's series has finally gotten an anime!
A Lost Lady is a novel by American author Willa Cather, first published in 1923. It centers on Marian Forrester, her husband Captain Daniel Forrester, and their lives in the small western town of Sweet Water, along the Transcontinental Railroad. However, it is mostly told from the perspective of a young man named Niel Herbert, as he observes the decline of both Marian and the West itself, as it shifts from a place of pioneering spirit to one of corporate exploitation. Exploring themes of social class, money, and the march of progress, A Lost Lady was praised for its vivid use of symbolism and setting, and is considered to be a major influence on the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald. It has been adapted to film twice, with a film adaptation being released in 1924, followed by a looser adaptation in 1934, starring Barbara Stanwyck. A Lost Lady begins in the small railroad town of Sweet Water, on the undeveloped Western plains. The most prominent family in the town is the Forresters, and Marian Forrester is known for her hospitality and kindness. The railroad executives frequently stop by her house and enjoy the food and comfort she offers while there on business. A young boy, Niel Herbert, frequently plays on the Forrester estate with his friend. One day, an older boy named Ivy Peters arrives, and shoots a woodpecker out of a tree. He then blinds the bird and laughs as it flies around helplessly. Niel pities the bird and tries to climb the tree to put it out of its misery, but while climbing he slips, and breaks his arm in the fall, as well as knocking himself unconscious. Ivy takes him to the Forrester house where Marian looks after him. When Niel wakes up, he's amazed by the nice house and how sweet Marian smells. He doesn't't see her much after that, but several years later he and his uncle, Judge Pommeroy, are invited to the Forrester house for dinner. There he meets Ellinger, who he will later learn is Mrs. Forrester's lover, and Constance, a young girl his age.
