| ShortSummary | - During the summer vacation, Riku and his friends get part time jobs but soon find out how difficult they can be. Meanwhile, Sayuri is working very hard in the oversight committee for the up-coming school cultural festival all by herself, whom Riku is very concerned.
- A rumor has been going around that a ghost appears at night at the church on school grounds and before long the school is closed at night, making it even harder for the students working to prepare for the upcoming cultural festival to finish their jobs. Ultimately it is discovered that a large black sphere with one large red eye has been terrorizing the school. Meanwhile, a mysterious young lady shows up at school, who turns out to be a magical goddess.
- The last day of school has come and Riku is leaving. However, Sayuri does not want things to end the way they are. Sakurai helps her by having Riku and the male students participate in a hasty final event. The students must catch Riku before he reaches Sayuri and if they do they receive the homemade chocolate that she made for Riku. With a plead from Sayuri and a little help from his friends , Riku reaches Sayuri. She confesses her true feelings for Riku which he accepts by asking her number/email in front of a majority of the school.
- Tsukasa and Riku go to the beach to have fun together, but Tsukasa is finding it difficult to be alone with him when almost the entire school shows up.
- After finally realizing Mina's and Tsukasa's feelings for him, Riku does not know how to respond. He also deals with his feelings for Sayuri and if he should still keep them. After bumping into Inukai, who gives him some advice, he finally cheers up and gives the 2 girls his response, which they seem happy with for now.
- In this episode, Riku Aoba has been placed in charge of his class's cultural festival project, a haunted house. But, building the house is a huge task, so he asks the science teacher for help. When the class sees the tent, however, they're surprised to see it has taken up a space as big as the school, and they don't have enough decorations for it. To make up for this Riku asks the Goddess of the Furnace to summon real ghosts for the tent. At the same time Sayuri notices Riku's new popularity and feels slightly jealous.
- It's Valentine's Day, and, by Japanese custom, girls will be giving chocolates to the guys they like. While all the guys are hoping to get chocolates from girls they like, it is learned that Sayuri has never given any chocolate to any guy on Valentine's Day her whole life. Sayuri decides to finally give her first Valentine's Chocolate, to Riku, just as Tsukasa and Mina prepare theirs for him as well. However, everything comes crashing down when Riku reveals the bad news: He's transferring to a new school.
- The cultural festival is only one month away and things are not going well for Riku’s class. Class 2-A has not decided on their main theme and both boys and girls are fighting each other over creative differences. Riku is very worried of Sayuri being overworked with abundant paperwork, being surrounded by other students with different issues, and lacking help from other students. At the same time, Riku is coerced again by the drama club's teacher. Only this time, she wants Sayuri to audition a play for the festival and have Riku to ask Sayuri for her answer. Meanwhile, Sayuri shows Riku her "secret place" as a hideaway from every day school work.
- Riku starts a relationship with Tsukasa. She tries makes a traditional bento though it's so bad that Riku has to force himself to eat it so as not to hurt Tsukasa's feelings. Tsukasa later realizes that her cooking is horrible, and spends time to improve her culinary skills with the home economics teacher to prepare a decent lunch for her boyfriend. In the same episode, Mina and Riku meet for the second time, only this time, she introduces herself to him properly. Mina gives Riku a handkerchief after he sneezes. Mina leaves in a nervous haste when Riku finds out that she knows his name.
- It is learned that Riku will be spending the New Year's at home alone. Hoping to spend time with him, Sayuri, Tsukasa, and Mina decide to drop by at his house, each of them not realizing the other two are planning the same thing.
- After a swimming tournament, Mina's popularity has skyrocketed. However, several members of her own club become jealous of her and her growth of followers start to stress her out. Mina wants to try to find Riku to tell him how she feels, though she's finding it just as difficult just to simply get his phone number.
- A pretty blonde haired girl transfers to Tsumugi Private High School. Excitement sparks when it is learned that she is the popular teen magazine model Yukari Higashino, and more so, when she turns out to be Riku's childhood friend. However, Riku says otherwise of their "happy" childhood together.
- Koayu walks home from practice and runs into several people starring at her breasts. In the process she knocks a kid's soccer ball into a river. It is rescued by a soccer coach who later helps Koayu rebuild her courage, just in time for the University's athletic testing which Koayu is planning to attend.
- All of the second year students go to a field trip in Hokkaido. Tsukasa during the trip is sick and tries to hold it back in order to spend time with Riku. After fainting right in front of him, Tsukasa tells Riku that she had the fever for 3 days. Riku then her rushes to the hospital. Meanwhile Mina is unable to contact Riku with her mobile phone because he hasn't been checking his bag and taking care of Tsukasa. Riku totally forgets about Sayuri when she had tried so hard to please him that day, trying to find perfect locations to be with Riku, but no luck.
- It's the day of the culture festival, and Riku hopes to watch Sayuri's performance at the play. However his hopes are dashed when his priorities for the Cultural Festival take over. Tsukasa and Mina try to cheer him up around campus by trying out all the games and activities the festival has to offer, but things are aggravated by their own rivalry with each other over Riku's attentions. Meanwhile Sayuri tries to find Riku to apologize for lashing out at him the previous day for being jealous of his new found popularity.
- Class 2-A's homeroom teacher Haruka Wakatake is feeling down from various problems, such as believing herself not to be that good a teacher, not being as "perfect" as Sayuri Amamiya, and still being single, just as her twenty-seventh birthday is approaching. Her hopes begin to rise when she meets a nice new friend in an online video game she tries out.
- While Riku, his class, and the rest of the sophomores are away in Hokkaido, Mina starts to feel lonely from not seeing Riku. When her text messages to Riku go unanswered, she begins to fall into a depression that even her best friend couldn't get her out of. Riku meanwhile believes Sayuri and Sakurai are in or will be in a relationship thus complicating his own feelings. After returning home, he finally checks his phone revealing the numerous emails and a heartbreaking voice message from Mina.
- Riku is coerced by the student council to forfeit half of his summer in preparation for the upcoming cultural festival while he plans it out with Sayuri. At the same time, he is also coerced by the drama club's teacher to audition a play for the festival. During the audition, to Riku's surprise, he accidentally confesses to Sayuri when she shows up to see his audition. Sayuri is confused by the sudden confession. Meanwhile, Tsukasa is beginning to see the depth of Riku's feelings, or otherwise, lack thereof.
- After yesterday's surprise event in the drama room, Sayuri is uneasy about hanging around Riku for a while. In the same episode, Riku and Mina find a temple shrine while on their way home. Riku gives an offering and a prayer for Mina so she can improve her swimming times before the big swim meet. But Mina requests her own prayer that leaves Riku very surprised. Meanwhile, Tsukasa's volleyball talents are beginning to be adversely affected by her feelings for Riku.
- The school's sports festival has finally arrived where each class competes against each other in sports related games. However, when Sayuri injures her ankle halfway through the day, Riku must step in and take her place as the coordinator for the day's activities.
- Riku is set on trying to give Mina back her handkerchief, but his two good friends keep on dragging him around. Eventually he is able to give it back to her at which point Mina asks him to be her psychological coach in order to keep her mindset when swimming.
- Three of the Big Four Sportsmen have taken an interest in Riku and all devise separate plans in order to get him to join their clubs. They belong to the track team, the swimming team, and the baseball team. Fortunately for Riku, he manages to escape from each of their challenges, and receives a special headband from the student council as a reward. In the same episode, Riku meets Tsukasa for the first time by bumping each other. Riku offers to help her up from the ground. Tsukasa noted she felt her heart beat faster when she met her eyes with his and declared that he is her destined lover, much to Riku's surprise and chargin.
- Inukai, in Riku's class, goes missing one day and rumors start to grow about him getting into fights all the time. While Inukai doesn't reveal much about himself to others, he usually lets his actions speak louder than words. Riku starts to wonder why Inukai acts the way he does.
- It turns out Riku is transferring out of Tsugumi High School because his parents' work, just like he had to transfer schools a number of times before for the same reason. It's bad enough Sayuri was disappointed that she was unable to give her chocolate to Riku, but his planned departure aggravates her despair. Tsukasa and Mina are also deeply affected by this.
- It's Christmas time and Sakurai has planned another Student Council event, requiring participants to form couples, one guy and one girl each, as well as having a random giving of Christmas gifts. As many guys vie for Sayuri, Ayame teases her about choosing Riku, which Sayuri denies. To spice things up, Ayame chooses Riku for herself in the event, much to Tsukasa and Mina's dismay. Secretly, Sayuri picks a present for Riku, while Tsukasa and Mina excitedly pick theirs for him as well.
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