Nanami Takahashi, who has fallen in love with Motoharu Yano, a popular and carefree boy in her class, wrestles with her feelings about her first boyfriend while Yaho grieves the death of his previous girlfriend.
Nanami tries to learn how to be Yano's girlfriend while Yano continues to grieve the death of his ex-girlfriend, and she gradually learns that he may have no room in his heart for her love.
Nanami and Yano continue to wrestle with their feelings as Takeuchi, Yano's best friend for a long time, starts to express his romantic feelings for Nanami.
Will the curse of Sadako leave her friendless for life? Kurumi's got it all--looks, popularity and friends. But underneath Kurumi's friendly exterior is a manipulative girl who'll do anything to get what she wants! And Sawako has the one thing Kurumi wants--Kazehaya's friendship. Could all of Kurumi's plotting really drive the two apart, or will it instead draw them even closer together?.
Will the curse of Sadako leave her friendless for life? R to L (Japanese Style). Sadako's chance to become friends with Yano and Yoshida is about to go down the drain when rumors start flying that Yano's been around the block and Yoshida's a former gang member. And the source of all this tattle? Sadako herself! Will Sadako retreat to her former life as a loner because of a simple misunderstanding?!.
As Ann revisits places and people from her past, she is driven to an impulsive act and wonders who will stand by her now and if she will ever find peace.
Describes how the destinies of the mothers of Ann, Daigo, Fuji, and Shika were shaped when they were teenagers as well as Ann's sister's visit to New York City to see Shika and Ann's ex-fiance?..
Ann wonders if anyone will be able to take the place of her first love when she and Daigo decide to date other people, and later she learns a secret about her father's romantic life.
Shika is determined to steal Daigo from Ann, but the reintroduction of a girl from their past complicates the situation; and meanwhile, Fuji makes a play for Ann's affections.
Ann, having made a new life and good friends in the country following her parents' divorce and her mom's suicide, does not know what to do when her father asks her to come and live with him in Tokyo.