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My 2nd year at High School has begun. Hana-chan is back at Maho-dou and is more lively than ever. Meanwhile, it appears that Onpu-chan is being harassed by an enthusiast fan. Who could be the culprit? In addition to that, I've got some happy news; Momo-chan has been chosen to participate in a pastry competition. I'll be sure to cheer for Momo-chan alongside everyone. And what will happen to my relationship with Kotake? I, Doremi Harukaze, who am now 17 years old, will be deciding the path of my dreams and giving an all-out pitching in love as well.
-One night, the beautiful woman who owns the Aqua Plant Shop appeared before me. With the leaflet about looking for a part-time worker, in hand, I entered the shop. "I shall inform you about your employment," she said. "Do you have any place to stay? Is it okay if you sleep here and stay?" It was a chance encounter, they begin to love with each other, they think of each other, they continue to think of each other, and then they had to part ways...
Fuwa, a university student who has done nothing but study all her life, is fired from her part-time job as a private tutor because she was too strict with her students. He goes to a bookstore to pay for the manga he soiled while tutoring, where a beautiful but mysterious clerk tells him how interesting manga is... A working romantic comedy with a mysterious beautiful woman!
Between the short stories (included in the compilation), Quartet Game is the longest and, probably, the most enjoyable. A quartet in a music school will discover by pure chance a hidden partiture, thought when they investigate about it they will end up finding out that not only is the partiture what matters and that music can make some people arrive to the extremes of murdering. This story is a mistery-like kind of, but with the special touch of Yoshizumi, which makes it a cult work. Is the story that gives the compilation volume its title. The other two stories are "Heart Beat" and "Another Day."
This is the story of the workers in the Maid Cafe Curio, based on the video game. The current shop manager, Daisuke, is a young man standing in for his newly remarried and traveling father. He must deal with all the quirky young ladies who work at the maid cafe, including his newest hire, the runaway rich girl Misato, who doesn't know the first thing about working at a maid cafe. Other workers include Daisuke's new stepsister Suzu, the aggressive floor chief Midori, the clumsy chef Sayaka, the absent-minded waitress Imako, and the academic-minded Kanako.
One day, when Kasumi's bath is in need of fixing, she heads to a nearby public bathhouse. She's the only customer so late at night, and the bathhouse attendant is a beautiful girl named Kiyo. Kasumi is so impressed by the bathhouse and Kiyo that she begins to come back regularly. She soon learns that the bathhouse has been losing many customers to a convenient "Super Bathhouse," and she decides to do what she can for their popularity. But does Kiyo consider Kasumi to be just another customer?
Yuzuki, a gay office worker with a severe hand fetish, has a colleague with whom he just can't get along. He is Ayase, the star of the sales department, who's a serious and considerate man, but a jerk to Yuzuki. Yuzuki is working hard at his job, but one morning he collapses at work, and the person who takes care of him is none other than Ayase! And when Ayase's hand touches Yuzuki's body, he feels a pleasure he's never felt before...! (Source: Splush, translated) *Note: Includes extra chapters.*
Story of Hatta Shuuji's encounter with problem-child and popular model Haru. Incidentally Shuuji is the childhood friend and ex-housekeeper of Maruyama Mie.
Yoka is the earnest student committee chairman. Igarashi is an impudent delinquent. They are in a secret relationship, and their sweet and slightly naughty love affair will heal your soul! (Source: Sho-Comi, translated)