High school student Itaru Sagara has a perfect childhood friend—Reika Atarashi. Beautiful, talented, and flawless at everything she does, she never brags and is admired by everyone as a truly perfect girl with a pure personality. ... more>>

To someone as average as Itaru, she’s an overwhelmingly outstanding friend, and her presence was something he took pride in.

—That’s a lie.

Having always been compared to the exceptional Reika who was constantly by his side, Itaru wanted nothing more than to get away from her. Being with Reika made him feel miserable, as if his very reason for existing was slipping away.

It was during such a time that he met another girl—at a cram school where Reika wasn’t present… <<less

My childhood friend joined the light music club. She spent her days doing what she loved and enjoying her time, and would tell me about her club activities almost every day, but at some point she stopped talking about it. I don't know why. ... more>>

A distance gradually grew between us, and I felt like she was avoiding me. Maybe my childhood friend changed after joining the club.

It's inevitable that people change, so I decided to distance myself from my childhood friend. But I wanted to see the light music club perform one last time, a performance that she had talked about so happily.

I went to see the concert in secret, without telling my childhood friend. There, I was captivated by a girl. <<less

I, Hinata Amamiya, have a childhood friend.... more>>

Her name is Suzuka Ichinose, and even though I’ve known her for over a decade, I can surely say she’s cute and bright, and she’s always surrounded by friends, guys and girls alike.

She and I have been together since we were little children, and our relationship hasn’t changed even after we became high schoolers. I took her for granted, thinking she’d always stand by my side. That’s what I believed in.

But I was the only one who did… <<less