Isifinyezo
UFutaba Yoshioka udinga "ukusetha kabusha" indlela yakhe yokuphila. Ekufundeni okuphezulu, uFutaba wayecwaswa ngabesifazane ngoba baningi kakhulu abafana abancane abaphezulu abebemjabulela. UKou Tanaka, umfana ongashadile uFutaba amjabulele, wasuka ngaphambi kokuba amtshele ukuthi uzizwa kanjani. Manje esikoleni samabanga aphakeme, uFutaba usenqume ukubamba iqhaza kuwo wonke amanye amantombazane. Ngakho-ke abangane bakhe abasha ngeke babe nomona ngaye akaziphathi njengowesifazane. Ngenkathi ephila impilo yakhe entsha enelisekile, yena noKou bahlangana futhi, kepha manje usebenzisa isihloko esithi Kou Mabuchi ne-h-AS indlela epholile. Uyamtshela ukuthi naye umjabulele ebangeni eliphakeme, kepha uzizwa ehlukile manje.
Futaba Yoshioka
Kusukela esikoleni samabanga aphakathi, uFutaba ubelokhu ebheka ukuthi abafana banodlame futhi banzima kakhulu. UKou Tanaka wayekuphela kokukhishwa, futhi uFutaba wayefisa ukumqonda kangcono. Bobabili babelana ngezinkumbulo ezimfushane – kufaka phakathi isu lokuya emkhosini wehlobo. Ngemuva kokutshela umngani kaKou, uNaitou, engahlosile, ukuthi uyabadelela bonke abafana abasondelene nokuzwa uKou, ukhathazeka ngombono wakhe ngaye-kodwa uyaziqinisekisa ukuthi uyaqonda ukuthi uyakhishwa. Umkhosi wasehlobo ufika, kanti uKou akaveli. Uma ubuya eholidini lakho lasehlobo, uFutaba uthola ukuthi uKou wasebenzisa kwelinye ikolishi ngaphandle kwencazelo. UFutaba uyakuqonda ukuthi ukujabulele kangakanani ukuphenduka futhi uKou akamtsheli ukuthi uzizwa kanjani.
Esikoleni esiphakeme, umlingiswa kaFutaba uhluke kakhulu. Ngobuqili noma engasangowesifazane, uzenza angathandeki ngangokunokwenzeka. Njengoba abesifazane babenomona ngokuthandwa kwakhe ngabafana uFutaba wayexoshiwe esikoleni samabanga aphakathi. Uthathe isinqumo sokuthola abangane esikoleni samabanga aphakeme, uyamlahla, abe yintombazane eyiqiniso esibusisweni sabalingani besikole sakhe. Yize uFutaba ethanda ngamandla, enenkani futhi enomdlandla, uncamela ukwamukelwa lokho ayikho, nalokho ayikho hhayi ukukhishwa inyumbazane. UFutaba ekugcineni uthandana noKou futhi. Yize kunjalo, uhlala egcizelela ukuthi akanayo imizwa kuye futhi ubheka ukuthi umbona nje njengothando lwangaphambili lwenjana. Ngemuva kokwenqatshwa nokuvuma, uzimisele ngokuya phambili. Uthandane noToma ngemuva kokwenqatshwa. Ngesahluko 4 5, unquma ukubuyisana noKou bese beqala ukuthandana ngemuva.