Roku Sakura – författare

The fall semester kicks off with a new transfer student, Sayaka Ootsuka, who also happens to be Ueno and Gotanda’s middle school classmate. What’s more, the trendy and outgoing Sayaka drops a bombshell on her very first day—she hears Ueno has a girlfriend, and the two were on a date at the summer festival! How is Hana supposed to resolve this misunderstanding when everyone is gung-ho about find the mysterious girl?!

With summer vacation coming up, Hana fully intends on kicking back and enjoying her break in solitude. So how did she end up hosting a BBQ party with the popular kids in class?! To make matters worse, Shinbashi’s recruited her help in his grand plan to confess to Uguisudani!! This summer might be a little too much for this side character to handle...

Life sure isn’t easy for a background character. When Hana gets a haircut that doesn’t go so well, all she wants to do is go home ASAP but why, oh why, is she bumping into everyone she knows?! Meanwhile, Uguisudani is ramping up her game to grab Yousuke’s attention!

Pessimistic high school student Hana Tabata doesn’t believe her life could ever be like that of a heroine from the shoujo manga she reads—she’s convinced she’s ugly, and she’s always alone. Still, she can’t help but imagine herself as a leading lady when she’s changing out flowers early one morning...until she’s caught in the act by her handsome classmate Yousuke Ueno! Hana can’t wrap her head around his kind words at first, but as they grow closer, she finds her life slowly beginning to change…