Title: 夏色の砂時計 (Hourglass of Summer Colors) Vol. 2 LE
Volume: 2/2
Catalog No.: KSXA-24804
Release Date: 7/23/04
Rating: 3/4

Much like the first volume, they crammed a lot of story into only 30 minutes. People who haven't played the game will be more lost than ever. While watching the series, I must have anticipated a couple of lines. I think it's because I've been watching too much of this genre that I pretty much know what the characters will say before they say it.

Despite the brevity, I liked Regen a lot better in the anime than the game. She seems to be a little more affectionate than what I remember, but then again, I didn't choose Regen's route.

Limited edition comes with a Regen card, post card, and a drama CD which concludes the story from last time. In the drama CD, Kotaro saves Mana, but Regen tells him that history has turned for the worse and that Kaho will still die and and Kotaro will die with under Takeshinosuke's blade. Takeshinosuke comes after Kotaro because of what has happened to the then-Tomo-chan. Kotaro prevents Tomo-chan from being taken by the stalker. He writes a letter to Kaho, but it gets intercepted by the evil father. Kotaro arrives on the 31st just a bit too late, but in this story, the father saves Kaho from certain death.

2. その永遠の１秒に (One Second in Eternity): Despite having saved Mana, Kaho's future is still unchanged. Kotaro solves the mystery of Tomo-chan's stalker (rather quickly) but she still has the accident. He tries to tell her father, but gets his lights knocked out of him. So he resorts to giving Ai a letter to hand to Kaho. However, on the 31st of August, Ai admits that she didn't get the letter because she has a crush on him and wanted to split the two of them up. In a surprise change, Ai is the one who saves Kaho from the speeding car instead of Kaho's father (as it was in the game). Regen leaves, but not before giving Kotaro a kiss. Some time later, a girl who looks a lot like Regen shows up as a regular citizen.

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