Book excerpt: Final volume! Includes bonus content, side stories, and behind-the-scenes info! A sweet shojo story of a soft-spoken high school freshman and her quest to make friends, Waiting for Spring will delight fans of earnest, fun, and dramatic shojo like Kimi ni Todoke and Say I Love You. EVER AFTER Mitsuki and Towa have found true love, leaving Rui to despair about his own future romance! However, in the background, Kyо̄suke has been having his own girl problems—will his first love return his affection? Meanwhile, Nanase and Ryūji bump into their own relationship issues, and Aya must cope with his heartbreak once more.