high school life, Junpei experiences many awkward sexual and romantic moments involving the four girls in his life. Even though he is seeing Tsukasa, he also has feelings for Aya and remains indecisive about whom he really loves. Aware of the situation, Tsukasa grows impatient and breaks up with him. During this time, Junpei and Aya's mutual feelings start to grow; when Junpei finds out that Tsukasa still thinks about him, he becomes indecisive again. Things got more complicated as the students enter their third year and face college education and career choices. Tsukasa plans to become a patissier in Paris and Aya decides to go to the same college Junpei has chosen. She even goes to the same cram school as him even though their friends disagree with her decision to give up better schools just to help Junpei make films. Aya eventually tells Junpei she also wishes to try for the university her parents recommended, much to Junpei's disappointment. Matters come to a head when Junpei sees Aya with her brother and mistakes him for a new boyfriend. Having attended the same high school and made films together, he thought that Aya will always be with him and is unable to accept her supposed new relationship. When Tsukasa confesses that she wants to be Junpei's girlfriend again, he seeks comfort from her, but later denies that it was because of Aya. He later finds out the truth and that Aya has always been in love with him, but Junpei does not want to be unfair to Tsukasa and stays with her. Later, even at the risk of Tsukasa finding someone else, Junpei decides to break up with her. Junpei feels that he has not matured enough to be with Tsukasa and needs to continue developing as both a film-maker and as a person. After graduation, the friends part company, each of them chasing after their own goals and ambitions. Four years later, Satsuki has become the owner of a relative's restaurant and the gang chooses her restaurant as the spot for their reunion. Aya attended the prestigious university her academic achievements warranted and has become a successful writer and a more assertive person, even winning the Naoki prize (the Japanese equivalent of the Pulitzer prize). Junpei has won an award and has been accepted into a film studio after years of personal development. He is able to congratulate