Chouchou Kumo

This collection brings together four short stories, beginning with a friendship tested by the arrival of a new student. Kiyo, Kanta, and Goma are best friends living on a small, sparsely populated island in the Seto Inland Sea. When Ritsuka, a cute, fair-skinned girl who has transferred from Tokyo, begins spending time with them, their friendship faces a change. The other three stories are titled “Less Than Love,” “Man Hater,” and “The Cherry Blossoms Scatter,” each identified as a Middle School story.