The girl who seventeen year old Kaname came to like was rumoured to be mentally ill (AKA "menhealer") and a wrist cutting addict. At least, the self-harm part was true, and so he lied that he was the same to get close to Igarashi, his crush who stayed aloof from everyone.

July 1999, the month the world ends according to Nostradamus. Middle school boy Hajime always scores second place against his elementary school rival, the beautiful girl Sawatari. She didn't declare him her rival though, after he introduced himself as her rival when she first overtook him in elementary.