Ao Haru Ride

Junior high school students Futaba Yoshioka and Kou Tanaka are drawn to each other after a rainy day. Whenever their eyes meet, they always look away at first, and then their eyes meet again. However, Kou suddenly transfers schools without telling anyone. Futaba, who has been pretending not to be herself so that her friends do not hate her, begins to worry about Yuri Makita, who is isolated from the rest of the class. Then, a boy who looks like Kou appears in front of Futaba, but he is called "Mabuchi".

With Kou's encouragement, Futaba tries to start her high school life in a new class. Determined, Futaba ran for class representative, and Kou became the other class representative. Then they attended a training workshop with Shuko Murao, Aya Kominato, and Yuri, who were chosen to be on the event committee. However, the five of them could not agree on anything, and Futaba was cornered during the presentation. The one who offered Futaba a hand was...

Kou, who teased Futaba when she was at a loss for an answer, was not the "Tanaka" back then. Futaba's suspicions grow about what happened in the three years they haven't seen each other. Meanwhile, Futaba and the others have to clean the pool as part of their training. Shuko is alone with Yoichi Tanaka, a teacher she has feelings for, but he warns her to return to the group. Futaba is worried about Shuko's return, but she dismisses it as annoying, and Yuri injures her foot.