Book 11

Nishikata and Takagi-san are embroiled in a battle over winter clothes!While Takagi-san insists she's not cold in her summer outfit, Nishikata canpractically see her shivering! Determined to make her crack, he's got her rightwhere he wants her...or does he?


Book 13

School’s almost out for summer break—but there are still plentyof shenanigans for
Nishikata and Takagi-san to get up to beforethen!

Book 14

The new year is bound to be filled to the brim with teasing and smiles forNishikata and
Takagi-san!


Book 16

The secret ingredient is teasing! Nishikata and Takagi-san's series ofcontests continues
around the school through cooking and cleaning, so whenTakagi-san asks him to meet
her around back—wait, she couldn't possiblybe confessing to him, right!?

Book 17

Their shared secret…is teasing! Nishikata and Takagi-san revisit the best parts of childhood as they set up a secret base and face off against each other in back-to-back challenges! And it’s not just them—even the mature Houjou has a surprisingly childish encounter with Hamaguchi! Still, if one thing has grown, it’s Nishikata’s confidence; he’s definitely going to win one of these days!


Book 18

The rivalry between Nishikata and Takagi continues! But when Nishikata makes his independent study project a ranking of the most beautiful things he’s seen, what is it that sparkles at the very top? 


Book 19

The youth comedy where the gap of love is closed half a step at a time! Can Nishikata face Takagi-san with a new haircut—one that nobody, not even he has seen? Mano-chan's little lie raises the tension, as hearts pound in the lunchroom scene. Then, Takagi-san's uncharacteristic absence leads Nishikata to call on her and deliver some printouts, and he finds himself in her room! What might happen next!? Finally, in a depart from tradition, an episode where the pair begin to call each other by their first names! The previously unchanging distance between the two appears to slowly draw closer. Be it Nishikata’s courage, or Takagi-san's warm smile—half step by half step, that distance continues to shrink in volume 19!


Book 20

A little over two years have passed since that fateful first day of middle school when Takagi and Nishikata sat next to each other. Their final summer vacation of middle school has begun, and they’ve still got so much left to do! The pair’s next chapter together is about to unfold in the final volume of this heartwarming series!