Title: 彼氏彼女の事情 (His and Her Circumstances) Vol. 14
Artist/Author: 津田雅美 (Masami Tsuda)
Book Size/Pages: Small B-6, 187pp., w/furigana
Original Serialization: Monthly LALA 3/02-7/02
First Printing: 9/10/02
Rating: 2/4

Arima still has emotional issues, and now has been suckered. And is this story now a flashback? Arima has a scene where he several years older regretting that he had "yes."

Bonus is another Tsuda diary.

64. ACT64 破綻 (Failure): Arima loves Yukino but can't tell her about his true self. He returns home to find a women, Ryoko, who claims to be his true mother. In an instant, he feels like he's on the verge of re-opening his past, but he dismisses her and claims that his adopted parents are his true parents. The next day, Ryoko shows herself at Arima's school.

65. ACT65 序 (Preface): Arima tells his friends, including Yukino to go on ahead while he deals with Ryoko. Despite not wanting to see her, he eventually gets sucked in and accmopanies her. Ryoko tells Arima about his dad's trouble past and shows him a photo of him which reminds him of his evil/other/true self. Conflicted with the fact that he wants to understand his past, he reluctantly agrees to meet her the next day. But he also realizes that Ryoko, being his mother, may also be as deceptive as he is in hiding his true self.

66. ACT66 破 (Tear): Arima spends the night at Asaba's and only arrives home in the morning. At school, Yukino asks him who that woman, Ryoko, was. He responds by saying she's just a relative. Yukino is suspicious of his answer. That night, he meets with Ryoko with the intention of telling her he's not interested anymore, but she hooks him in by telling him to accompany her just tonight, as a parting gesture. He agrees, but there's a flash-forward where he regrets saying those words. Arima and Ryoko have their date and she gets drunk and tells him that she'll come after him, even at school, if he doesn't want to acknowledge her.

67. ACT67 急 (Rush): Arima's mom (adopted) realizes that he's been seeing Ryoko after smelling the perfume on his handkerchief. She calls Ryoko, but Ryoko says it's Arima who's after her. On the street, Arima meets some of Ryoko's fellow employees who tell him not to get close to Ryoko because Ryoko may be motivated by greed as her store is going to close. Yukino consults with Asaba about Arima.

68. パンドラ (Pandora): Yukino is worried and tries to look for Arima at his house, but he's not there. In fact, he's currently at Ryoko's place. He brings up the rumor he's heard and they start a little battle with words where he ends up on the ground being smacked by Ryoko. He is suddenly reminded of his childhood when this used to happen.

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