Title: 彼氏彼女の事情 (His and Her Circumstances) Vol. 5
Artist/Author: 津田雅美 (Masami Tsuda)
Book Size/Pages: Small B-6, 197pp., w/furigana
Original Serialization: Monthly LALA 10/97-2/98
First Printing: 6/10/98
Rating: 4/4

Tsubasa's story is one of my favorites, and probably one of the first serious story that I experience in anime (Sailormoon was moving at the end, but not all that deep). I was nearly cracking up during the picture where Tsubaki is hugging onto Yukino after being slapped by his dad. You can't portray that type of dumbfoundedness with photography.

Tsuda Diary bonus mini-comics that have appeared in the other issues also appear in this one.

17. ACT17 夏の休みの始まりに (At the Beginning of Summer Vacation): Yukino, Maho, Aya, Rika, Tsubaki, and Tsubasa all go hang out for the day. The 4 original friends talk about how they met. Most have known each other since they were babies. After they disband, Tsubasa wants to be with Yukino some more. When she finally gets her stuff, Yukino sees that she has a huge bag. Tsubasa wants to leave home to worry his dad to divert his attention from his new girlfriend and soon to be wife. She demands to stay at Yukino's house.

18. ACT18 SPACE: Tsubaki comes over to the Miyazawa house to beat some sense into Tsubasa and to drag her home. Yukino's parents allow her to stay, so Tsubaki goes him empty handed. Yukino walks Tsubaki home and Tsubaki explains a bit about Tsubaki's personality and Yukino realizes why she's so attached to Arima. Tsubasa's dad comes over later on with his girlfriend and they have a long discussion with Yukino's family. He decided to date after Tsubasa's accident because he was scared he would lose the second member of the family (next to his old wife, Tsubasa's mom) and that he needed some help in raising her. Tsubasa still doesn't accept her soon to be mother and they all agree Tsubasa should sleep over for the night.

19. ACT19 西の少年　東の少女 (Boy of the West, Girl of the East): Tsubasa finally understands and forgives his father. They then arrange a dinner where they can meet his girlfriend's son, 一馬 (Kazuma). Tsubasa storms out after he finds out that she's actually older than he is despite being so tiny. Later on, Kazuma meets her out in the street just in the knick of time as some pervert was trying to lure her in. After the incident, he takes her over to his house to have some grub. They have some chit-chat where he explains how he's always wanted a little sister as he's an only child himself. At the very end, the parents get married.

20. ACT20 Telephone Line: Yukino is talking to Arima on the phone. She talks about when Asaba came over and won over her sisters and her mother, much to the disgust of her dad. Before they finish talking, Arima tells Yukino that he's experienced a growth spurt and is a bit taller than he was when they last met.

21. ここより永遠に (From Here to Eternity): The Miyazawa household goes visits their maternal grandfather who doesn't seem to like his son-in-law. Yukino and her father go take a stroll where he explains how he and her mother met, how he was raised by his grandfather as he didn't have parents and how they eventually met again in high school.

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