Book excerpt: “I love you as a woman…” Volume 8 of this boarding-house opens at Christmas, a time of love for the whole cast! Meeko is still in love with Matsunaga-san, but at their holiday part, she spots his old flame Konatsu telling him that her old love is still there! Shocked, Meeko storms out of the house—only to have Ryo catch her, claiming that he’ll “never make you cry…” “The greatest hope that I have…is that the girl I like connects with someone she likes.”