Title: 彼氏彼女の事情 (His and Her Circumstances) Vol. 2
Artist/Author: 津田雅美 (Masami Tsuda)
Book Size/Pages: Small B-6, 191pp., w/furigana
Original Serialization: Monthly LALA 7/96-12/96
First Printing: 2/10/97
Rating: 4/4

The manga hasn't strayed much from the anime yet. One thing that I get bogged down with is all the little text outside the text bubbles. They're usually using handwritten fonts or just handwriting themselves, which makes it a little harder for me to read. I do enjoy them though, since that's almost like how I write. I like to write a lot of parenthetical text (for context, just like this) which I believe is what those handwriting texts do for manga.

There are little letters from the author interspersed in the book as well as a comic at the end. There's also a full alternate story chapter with the characters.

4. ACT4 恋になる日 (The Day We Fell In Love): Yukino is having regrets about not responding to Arima's confession. She loves him, but hasn't told him. So, she tries various ways to get him alone so she can confess to him, but her plans are always thwarted. When she's finally asked, Yukino for some reason can't answer and just runs away. The next day in homeroom though, Arima grabs her hand and that's when she knew they started dating.

5. ACT5 学校迷路 (School Maze): Although they're going out, Yukino hasn't seen much of Arima so she tries to find him. Since the school athletic festival is just a few days away, he's been real busy and is hard to get a hold of. She is finally able to spot him a day before the festival and they spend some time on the roof where he gives her a kiss.

6. ACT6 彼の野望 (Ambition): 浅葉秀明 (Hideaki Asaba) and Arima are buddies as well as being the most popular guys at school (according to the girls). Yukino however, gets a lot of bad vibes from Asaba. At first, they're constantly bickering and fighting as they fight for Arima's attention, but eventually, Asaba becomes one of her best allies.

7. ACT7 クレイジー・フォー・ユー (Crazy For You): A short chapter where the same events are shown from both Arima's and Yukino's perspective. It's after school and the both of them meet up after doing school chores. As they wait inside due to the rain, they almost kiss. This gets Yukino's head spinning.

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