Title: 彼氏彼女の事情 (His and Her Circumstances) Vol. 15
Artist/Author: 津田雅美 (Masami Tsuda)
Book Size/Pages: Small B-6, 187pp., w/furigana
Original Serialization: Monthly LALA 8/02-12/02
First Printing: 2/10/02
Rating: 3/4

Finally, it looks this Arima foolishness is coming to an end. Much of this volume does contain more of Arima's psychological problems, but it looks like it's over by the last chapter. There was also a particular scene in here that startled me the first time I read it. This is probably the first time I've been shocked by a scene in a comic book.

Bonus is a couple pages of Tsuka diary.

69. ACT69 彼のソネート (His Sonnet): Arima recalls when he was a kid being brused and busted up by his mother and comes leaves his biological mother's apartment, running out into the rain. He goes by Yukino's house before stopping at home where he takes a hot bath. His parents ask about his interactions with his mother, but Arima runs away again.

70. ACT70 もうひとりの彼のソネート (His Other Self's Sonnet): Arima arrives at Asaba's place. Asaba mentions that Yukino knows that's he's lying and gets a punch to the face. Asaba passes out and Arima waits until he wakes up, just to be polite. Yukino arrives at Asaba's place and takes notice of Arima's shoes. Arima comes out and tells her that he doesn't want to see her.

71. ACT71 彼女のソネート (Her Sonnet): At school, Arima's past comes to haunt him again. Yukino traps him, blocks the door, and gives him an ultimatum. He can either tell her the truth or end the relationship by moving her and walking out. He starts going crazy again before Asaba gives him a slap. Yukino and Asaba walk home and he tells her it's not going to be easy saving Arima.

72. ACT72 彼と彼女のソネート (His and Her Sonnet): Kazuma drives by and witnesses Yukino and Arima walking to school and gets a bad feeling, but his story in New York is for later. Yukino tells him more about what she's learned from Asaba about his mother. In the library, they try to talk, but she feels distant. He goes in a fit of rage blaming her before embracing her and doing it on the floor. A flashback sequence where Arima falls down the stars. Afterwards, Arima stabs himself in the hand and Yukino clutches her abdomen (hmm...).

73. ACT73 夜の終わり (End of Night): Arima arrives at school with a bandaged hand and Yukino sees this. She slaps him and then makes a blood pact by injuring her own hand. She reminds him that he used to like people, and with that, his nightmares disappear and has a new outlook on life.

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