Ritsuko Akine

Synopsis

Hajime Aono and Ritsuko Akine, who met in the worst possible way. Ritsuko, a violin beginner, had been earnestly keeping up her practice all on her own. Though he turned down Mr. Takeda's request to teach her the violin, the clumsy yet honest sound of Ritsuko that suddenly reaches his ears stirs something in Aono's heart. And then an unexpected commotion breaks out. In the look on Ritsuko's face as she glares sharply at a classmate, Aono comes to understand her circumstances and her feelings for the violin. And as for the instrument Ritsuko holds out to him, Aono—