The Summer You Were There Series

A SEASON COMES TO AN END

Kaori’s health continues to decline, but she does get permission from her doctors for a day out. Her request: a day at the beach with her friends. Shizuku is determined to make sure the day is perfect, but it’s hard to keep up a cheerful face. Shizuku is also determined to finish the story that Kaori has asked her to write. But will Shizuku and Kaori’s own story have a happy ending? Find out in the final volume of The Summer You Were There.

The final volume!

LOVESICK

With Kaori stuck in the hospital, Shizuku is resolved to do whatever she can for her. Time is precious since they can only see each other during visitor hours, but Shizuku’s writing helps keep Kaori in good spirits. As the two girls spend more time together, Kaori’s young sister, Shiori, starts to resent how close they are. Accused by Shiori of stealing away her big sister, how will Shizuku handle Shiori’s hurt and jealousy?

NOT READY TO LET GO

At the start of summer, Kaori suggested to her writer classmate Shizuku that they should pretend to date to give Shizuku material to write about. Together, they’ve not only gone on dates and grown closer, Kaori has also helped Shizuku face her past. But now, as Kaori sits in a hospital bed thanks to her chronic illness, she tells Shizuku that they should break up. Shizuku is shocked. Can she show Kaori how much their relationship means to her?

CRUEL SUMMER

At Kaori’s gentle urging, Shizuku reaches out to Ruri, the girl she bullied back in elementary school. All Shizuku wants is to apologize, but it soon becomes clear that even that won’t be so easy. Things take a dramatic turn when Kaori faints, and Shizuku learns that Kaori’s been keeping a big secret. Now, with everything out in the open, will things between the two girls ever be the same again?

A TWIST IN THE TALE

After Kaori read her classmate Shizuku’s novel, Kaori suggested that the two of them date to give Shizuku inspiration for her next book. Shizuku decides to go along with it, but as they spend time together, she grows worried that she’ll hurt Kaori. When Shizuku opens up about her past as a school bully, Kaori has a revelation of her own: she already knew. Will this bring the girls closer together, or will it end their summer romance?

In this yuri love story by the creator of The Girl I Want is So Handsome! (also from Seven Seas), two high school girls–one a shy writer, the other a social butterfly–try to live out a romance novel.

Shizuku is a shy high schooler who hardly talks to other people. Instead, she loses herself in writing, crafting a novel that she never intends to show anyone. But when her cute, popular classmate Kaori gets her hands on Shizuku’s manuscript, everything changes. Kaori suggests that, in order to give Shizuku material for her next book, the two of them should start dating! Can this mismatched pair create their own happily ever after?