Riichi Ueshiba is een ervaren mangakunstenaar uit Fukuoka, Japan. Hij ontwikkelde zijn vroege artistieke vaardigheden tijdens zijn studie aan de prestigieuze Waseda Universiteit in Tokio. Zijn succesvolle debuutwerk werd bedacht tijdens een zomerpauze en vervolgens erkend op een wedstrijd voor nieuwe kunstenaars, wat het begin van zijn professionele stripcarrière markeerde.
Girlfriend: The Mystery Continues Tsubaki’s old crush, Hayakawa, had been surprisingly okay with his request to taste her drool. In a fit of conscience, Tsubaki stops himself in time, but that leaves Hayakawa wanting a chance to win back Tsubaki’s attention, and so she cooks up a plot to bring both Tsubaki and Urabe to the Hoshinome Girls’ Academy’s eccentric culture festival…
Movie-Making Madness Tsubaki gets roped into acting a movie written, directed and produced by the VP of the film studies club, Matsuzawa. The script for the film turns out to be eerily similar to Tsubaki and Urabe’s real-life relationship, with a twist ending that is surprisingly moving. After the film screens at the culture festival, Tsubaki worries that what used to be a unique ritual with Urabe will become something commonplace...
Akira Tsubaki happens to fall hard for Mikoto Urabe, who just transferred into his class. This obsession eventually leads to Akira building up an extremely high fever. Urabe claims the cause is lovesickness which only she can cure! As Akira frantically tries to work out the antidote, he begins to suspect that Urabe may not be entirely who she seems.
The Mystery Deepens As the school year progresses and the seasons change, Tsubaki and Urabe’s unusual relationship continues to grow and change as the two learn new things—both mysterious and mundane—about each other. Then one day Tsubaki discovers a popular idol who bears an uncanny resemblance to his girlfriend…
"The popular idol Momoka continues her mission to live the life of a normal high school girl by thrusting Urabe into the spotlight, which culminates in a moment of truth for Urabe and Tsubaki. But will Tsubaki be tempted away when the sloe-eyed beauty Suwano makes a play for his affection?"--Page 4 of cover.
Drool-Worthy Denouement As the school year wears on and the warmer months arrive, the boys enjoy the sight of the girls in their softball uniforms and swimsuits. Tsubaki invites Urabe to watch the fireworks from a place that holds special memories for him. Oka describes how she and Ueno first started dating, and Urabe comes clean to Tsubaki’s sister about their relationship. When Urabe “sees” an important event from Tsubaki’s past, she makes him an offer that will bind them together even more closely...