2. She's the image that springs to mind when you think of Matsuoka Girls'. She's quiet, with a soft voice, but she's tall. She has pretty eyes... I can't help but be captivated by her.
5. "Hello! I'm Oono Haruka. I've just joined the cast of characters—I'm a new Fujigaya student."
6. "Urk! So soon......"
7. "What was that "Urk" for, Haru-chan?"
8. "How do you do?"
10. She's in the same class as Okudaira-sempai. She's a library aide, and she's super-tall, too! Hey, isn't there a place whose name is spelled with the same characters? Maybe my mind is just playing tricks on me...
11. "Try doing a search for my name.*"
12. "Nothing."
14. A teacher at Fujigaya, but I've known her longer, since she's friends with my sister. That's right—they both went to Fujigaya. I call her "Hina-chan."
16. A very cheerful first-year. Admired the Drama Club; joined and made friends with one upperclassman after another. A fearless newcomer.
17. She's Okudaira-sempai and Ueda-sempai's homeroom teacher, apparently.
19. A sempai who's in the Drama Club. She's very mature. And a wonderful person. I know it's not possible, but I wish I could become her! Yeah, it's impossible.
20. This is Okudaira-sempai. I have a small build, but hers is even smaller. It's cute.
21. ""Cute"? Hey!"
22. If you jumped right to book 4, please check out books 1-3 of Sweet Blue Flowers too.
23. "I don't know them very well yet."
26. Apparently, he's Okudaira-sempai's brother. I heard he's going out with someone named Mogii.
27. I'm not in these books, but please pick them up anyway: Happy-Go-Lucky Days volumes 1 and 2. They're a little naughty.
29. They're good friends with each other. They're the Matsuoka Girls' Drama Club, apparently.
30. "...but she barely said two words about me."
31. "I finally have a name,"
12. *note: A book by Tachihara Masaaki, a well-known author; it's also been adapted into a movie.
13. **note: A Japanese tie-dyeing method that also incorporates gilding, ink painting, and embroidering.
14. ***note: A single by the singer Go Hiromi; it's also the title of a book by Saitou Ayako.
1. I've realized that I'm irritated.
2. "Not at all."
3. "Thank you for going out of your way to drive us......"
4. "You're even dropping me off."
5. "You mind your own business about that!"
6. "And it turned out to be you two."
7. "I saw a tall person and a short person together..."
8. "It's fine— it's right nearby."
1. "Matsuoka girls'"
2. "Is really something."
3. "Huh?"
4. "Huuuh? Whoa!"
5. "Oh... That they made it to nationals."
6. "Yeah, that."
7. "The basketball team."
8. "They are, but I was talking about"
9. "Yeah. The girls there are so smart and talented."
10. "You two didn't know about that?"
11. "Well, manjoume-san never told us about it!"
1. "...well,"
2. "Sempai didn't tell me about it either, but..."
3. Sugimoto-sempai was the "super team captain" until the very end-
4. though they came in second, unfortunately.
5. she led the Matsuoka Girls' basketball team to nationals,
1. Athletics wasn't her only strong point—she was also valedictorian.
2. She turned away from the cheers and applause that followed her speech at graduation,
3. and departed for England with beauty and magnificence.
1. Our second year of high school begins today.
1. "Oh..."
2. "You can drop me off here."
3. "Thank you."
4. "Take care!"
1. "Manjoume-saaan!"
2. "Morning."
3. "Long time no see!"
4. "Wait, no."
5. "Oh!"
6. "Morning!"
1. We ended up seeing each other all through spring break, after all.
2. "Hey, hey."
3. "She was off with a boy. Unlike us."
4. "Yeah."
5. "Oh, that's right."
6. "Well, except for her."
7. "I hope we're all in the same class."
8. "It would be interesting if we were all together and you got put in a different class, though."
1. "...oh!"
2. "That's so mean!"
3. "Playing dumb."
4. "Of course it did!"
5. "It made you that happy?"
6. I remember...... How moved I was when I first saw the school last year.
7. I'd been dreaming of getting to go through that tunnel...
8. "Hunh."
1. I'm one of the "proper young ladies" of Fujigaya......
2. I'm......
3. a Fujigaya student now.
4. "Oh!"
5. "Look, she's acting just like you did last year."
6. "Hey......"
1. "Gurk!"
2. "You can just call us "Sempai.""
3. "P-please excuse the error."
4. "Only the elementary-schoolers use "Onee-sama.""
5. Check out that sinister-sounding laugh!
6. "She said "Gurk.""
7. "Did you hear that?"
8. "What exactly do you think of me, Izumi-san?"
9. "Heh heh heh..."
10. "Check out that laugh."
11. The resemblance just keeps on growing.
12. "Uh..."
1. I knew Fujigaya would be interesting!
2. "......aww, crap."
1. "Go comfort her a little."
2. "You were the one who was mean to her. You should go do it!"
3. ".........!"
4. ...I never thought it'd happen for real!
5. "Um,"
6. "Motegi-san,"
7. "Manjoume-san."
8. "Go, fumi!"
9. "U-"
10. "Oh!"
1. "Tokyo..."
2. "Want to..."
3. "Go out and get something yummy to eat today...?"
4. "Just have your boyfriend take you, stupid!"
5. "I want to go to tokyo........."
6. "Oh,"
7. "Darn."
1. "Whaaat?"
2. "I'll miss you."
3. "We got split up."
4. "How unsentimental..."
5. "Let's pray we both find some new friends."
6. "Same to you."
7. "Good luck!"
8. Hmm. Okudaira, okudaira ......
9. "Oh, you're in this class too, Okudaira-san?"
10. "Oh, hello!"
1. ...she's so tiny.
2. "Oh!"
3. "Found it."
1. "Oh!"
2. "Ohhh! Sorry!"
3. "May I... Sit here?"
4. "Akira-san..."
5. "What a lovely name."
6. "My name is ueda ryouko."
7. "Oh!"
8. "Not at all."
9. "You're making me blush."
10. "I'm okudaira akira!"
1. "Good morning, everyone."
2. "Some of you already know me."
3. "All right,"
4. "Take your seats!"
5. "About yamashina-sensei?"
6. "Hm?"
7. "I'm yamashina hinako. I'll be in charge of this class."
8. "They say she's in a relationship with a woman."
9. "......hey, have you heard the rumors"
10. "No way!"
1. "What the heck?"
2. "The news-paper club."
3. "Where did you hear that?"
4. "Sensei's an alum, right?"
5. "Yeah."
6. "They say her girl-friend is, too!"
7. "Whoa..."
8. "I guess it means people like that really do exist."
9. "Well,"
10. "Of course they do."
1. "What would you do if a cute underclassman said she was in love with you?"
2. "Oh, geez! Cut it out!"
3. "What's wrong?"
4. "Not feeling well?"
5. "Oh..."
1. "Excuse me,"
2. "Sensei."
3. "It's okudaira-san......"
4. "She looks ill. I'd like to escort her to the nurse's office, if I may."
5. "Huh?!"
6. "I'm totally fine...!"
7. "No,"
8. "Not at all!"
9. "Come on, you should go."
10. "May I take her?"
11. "Let's go."
12. "Look, it's happening right over there—"
13. ""Girl meets girl"!"
14. "Please do."
1. "I told you, cut it out!"
2. "That's all they talked about last year, too."
3. "Huh?!"
4. "What awful people."
5. reminds me of Fumi-chan.........
6. but Ueda Ryouko-san
7. Maybe it's just because she's so tall,
