Title: 彼氏彼女の事情 (His and Her Circumstances) Vol. 9
Artist/Author: 津田雅美 (Masami Tsuda)
Book Size/Pages: Small B-6, 215pp., w/furigana
Original Serialization: Monthly LALA 8/99-1/00
First Printing: 3/10/00
Rating: 3/4

Finally we're out of the 14 days. The majority of this volume is devoted to Aya's play which she wrote for Yukino, et. al. to perform at the festival. It's a science fiction story, but has a deeper meaning, especially for Arima. There's also a side story with Takefumi and Tsubaki that seem a little out of place given all the momentum with the play.

There's no bonus chapters here, not even the Tsuda Diary, and only has a few letters from the author.

37. ACT37 14DAYS 文化祭はじまる (Cultural Festival Starts): Takefumi has second thoughts about being a Tsubaki's boyfriend. At the school, everyone starts arrive including the Miyazawas, and Tsubasa's step-brother Kazuma and his band the "Ying-Yang," who do an unscheduled performance on the available stage.

38. ACT 38 文化祭１ (Cultural Festival 1): Preparations for the play "Steel Snow" start, but Maho is missing. Yukino finds her in the bathroom feeling sick from being so nervous. But she overcomes her fear (despite her boyfriend being there) and the play starts. The story beings with Yukino as a scientist who wakes up after 80 years of statsis and revives her child android, Antique.

39. ACT 39 文化祭２ (Cultural Festival 2): The scientist wonders who woke him him and he soon meets Neo-Model, a highly advanced android, at the peak of perfect, that has come to seek some answers from this legendary scientist. At the same time, Neo-Model is able to provide services in return such as saving Antique from a potentially fatal flaw in her body.

40. ACT 40 文化祭３ (Cultural Festival 3): The scientist, Ren and Neo-Model, despite being the epitome of their kinds, all have a deep sense of regret. This strikes close to home for Arima who's in the audience. Ren had a previous love, Rosemary, who ended up breaking his heart. At the end of the first act of the play, Ren tells Neo-Model that he's going to tell her all about his past.

41. ACT 41 文化祭４ (Cultural Festival 4): During the intermission, Arima heads outside for a breather and Takefumi contemplates more about love. The play starts up again. After Rose left Ren, she comes back and hands her a baby who he names May and raises by himself. Despite being the sole parents, he and May have a rocky relationship. May eventually passes away and Ren creates Antique in her image.

42. ACT 42 運命の車 (The Vehicle of Fate): Ren gets flack for starting the creation of these androids. Flash back to present day where Neo-Model finally tells him about what has happened in these past 80 years, that there was a war and cities were wiped out and her plan was to take him back to earth. He agrees. End of play. More scenes with Takefumi and Tsubaki, even though they're already broken up and Arima is yet again haunted by his evil half.

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