While sharing a textbook with Takagi after forgetting his own, Nishikata foolishly tries to pull off a word-prank.

While at camp, Nishikata hears that if you're holding hands with someone you like at the end of a folk dance, they'll like you back.

Takagi, of all people, is the one to discover something embarrassing about Nishikata.

Nishikata knows that he and Tagaki often spend time together and worries their classmates will mistake them for a couple. Who is he trying to convince?

Legend has it that a boy and a girl will start dating if they visit the local shrine together.

Nishikata realizes that if he doesn’t do something soon, he will have lost to Takagi for an entire year. However, in matters of the heart, perhaps he’s already won.

Nishikata struggles with the most important question of his life. Now, he must give Takagi his answer.