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Nagisa Aoi transfers to St. Miator Girl's Academy and gets acquainted with the school and fellow students. A mysterious student named Etoile surprises her with forwardness in her advances.

Tamao invites Nagisa to the Literature Club where she recites a poem she wrote about a rainbow.

Nagisa is shown around the Strawberry Dorms by Tamao and two of their classmates, during which time Nagisa is surprised by Shizuma yet again, who continues to make advances; Nagisa realizes that she finds herself unable to move whenever Shizuma gazes at her.

Hikari recounts the first time she saw Amane riding her horsethinking she was like an angel. While thinking of Amaneshe accidentally misses a cue in the choir presentation for her and is embarrassed in front of the student assembly. As she ponders leaving the choirAmane convinces her to stay.

Select first-years attending Miator become room temps for older students. One such student, Chiyo, becomes the room temp for Nagisa and Tamao.

Nagisa tries to find a club she would like to join, but she's not interested in any of them. Later, she discovers Etoile's private greenhouse and helps with the flowers.

As Hikari and Amane's relationship progressesShion tries to convince Amane to run for the position of ...toile in the next election. Howeverunknown to ShionKaname and Momomi are nursing a different plan involving Hikari.

Nagisa offers her favorite umbrella to Kagome but does not give her name.

The Seven Mysteries of the Strawberry Dorms are mentioned. Nagisa and Tamao start to investigate the first mystery: The Girl of the Hallway, despite Nagisa's terrible fear of the supernatural.

Nagisa starts to prepare for the mid-year exams by getting tutored by Shizuma in French.

Nagisa, accompanied by most of her friends, goes on a short trip to the beach during summer school. While there, everyone finds their own ways of having fun with each other, and they even get to participate in a test of courage later on. Meanwhile, Nagisa is just starting to discover just how much she misses Shizuma.

The month-long summer holidays have started, and most of the students residing in the Strawberry Dorms are going home. This leaves Nagisa, Shizuma, and a couple of others left behind. Without the interference of other students, Shizuma makes her move on Nagisa.

Hikari finally gets a chance to be on a "date" with Amane. HoweverKaname and Momomi again try to tear apart the new bond between them for the sake of Spica's bid at the ...toile position. In the midst of all thisYaya's feelings for Hikari grow even strongerand she eventually vents them by suddenly kissing a shocked Hikari.��

Yaya's incident with Hikari causes her to fear that she has lost Hikari forever. An effort by Nagisa and Tamao allows them a reconciliation and another chance at being best friends forever.

Everybody at the Strawberry Dorms is pitching in for the two plays in Astraea's Drama Festival: Carmen and Romeo & Juliet.

While everyone is still preparing for the show, there seems to be some internal struggle concerning Kaname and Momomi with the others. Later, after suffering two show-stopping events, all the students involved with the play band together and put on a show the other students will never forget.

While all three schools eagerly await the election of a new Etoile couple, Nagisa learns the truth behind this tradition and receives an unexpected invitation from Shizuma in order to find out more information about Shizuma's late partner--the deceased Etoile.

During a rainy night in Shizuma's villa, Nagisa finally learns about Kaori Sakuragi, the Etoile that died. However, she also makes a painful discovery of exactly how close the two Etoile were, and how their shared past is still far from being a mere memory.

Miyuki recounts for Nagisa the events of the past few years concerning Shizuma and the now-deceased Kaori, whom they have both grieved for the past 3 years. As she tells her story, she also touches on the effects Nagisa's coming and passing had on both Shizuma and herself.

In the aftermath of Shizuma avoiding everyone else, a cheerful Nagisa pushes on with her life, but then falls into a state of depression and ponders if coming to Miator was a good idea, which causes Tamao to recount just why Nagisa is so important to her.

With the end of Shizuma's tenure as Etoile approaching, she prepares to abdicate her office. A final message from Kaori forces her to reconsider her life's choices, as well as her behavior toward other people.

Preparations for the Etoile election are proceeding along and consuming more of everyone's attention.

To counter Amane's plans of attending the Etoile election, Miyuki makes Tamao and Nagisa an offer not to be refused: enter the game together and repeat Miator's victorious history. Both Nagisa and Shizuma end up in an internal conflict about how they truly feel, and tragedy strikes when Amane falls off her horse just as she is about to tell Hikari about her feelings.

Amane awakens after her accident, but has suffered partial memory loss--and among the lost memories is her relationship with Hikari, which leaves Hikari heartbroken. In the meantime, Nagisa and Tamao enter training for the Etoile Election and get an unexpected tutor: Shizuma.