Suzuka

On the eve of his first day as the new kid in class at the big city high school, Yamato finds himself smitten with an angel of grace and beauty.

When Aunt Ayano decides to host a back-to-school party in their honor, it's a day of supply shopping for Yamato and Suzuka.

It's the first day of high school and the first day of Yamato's new life, and with any luck it will be a change for the better.

It's Phys Ed test time and Yamato is feeling pumped! But when even the girls outperform him? Things get a bit deflated!

After an awkward embrace that left them both soaking, Yamato is seriously starting to lose it!

Yamato learns of their unexpected break from school that Saturday and determines to spend some quality time with the girl next door.

Depressed that things will never be the same between him and Suzuka again, Yamato's gone all doom and gloom.

One track practice under his belt and Yamato's ready to throw in the towel.

Feeling as if the closer he gets to Suzuka, the farther she slips away, Yamato's a bit distracted as the trials for the up-coming tournament roll around?

Running hot to confront Suzuka about her secret love, Yamato stumbles upon a secret of an entirely different nature.

It's the day of the big tournament and Yamato is nowhere to be found?

Just as things are finally cooling down, they're heating up as well! While in some ways his poor performance at the tournament proved invaluable, Yamato's fall from grace has earned him some extra hours after practice.

The track team may be back on the road, but it's a homecoming for one of their numbers.

A single soft-spoken caress of delicate lips, and Yamato has turned his long-squandered affections away from Suzuka to a girl who's been long awaiting this very chance.

Still stranded and with no way home, Yamato and Suzuka have no choice but to wait for his father's arrival before life can continue on.

Absence does make the heart grow fonder? Or at least it did in Yamato's case!

Ever notice how it always seems to rain just as things are at their worst?

Yamato's lack of seemingly basic social skills has left him with only one day to find the perfect present for Honoka's birthday!

Talk about misdirection! Too bad it's unintentional! Honoka's still upset about how her birthday played out, the time Yamato spends in Suzuka's company and the obvious pleasure this brings.

Just after it has run the rumor mill that they're together? It's making the rounds that they're apart! While Honoka may be giving her ex the cold shoulder, Yamato is still very much in her heart and thoughts.

One step forward, two steps back - Not a great approach to life if you're on the track team! His mind still racing round and round with thoughts of Suzuka?

Another day, another tournament! And rather than focusing on the race before him, Yamato's thoughts are in orbit of the ever-distant Suzuka!

A new goal requires a new game plan, and Yamato has become a far cry from his former self!

Yamato has never been more focused, more pumped? More ready to take on the fates! It's the day of the Metropolitan Meet, and only time will tell if his extra hours on the track will pay off at last.

Sitting alone on the steps of a shrine, Suzuka laments the past and present both as solace approaches from the night with silent tread.