Ao Haru Ride (Blue Spring Ride): Futaba Yoshioka used to be an attractive and popular middle-schooler—well liked by the opposite sex, but ostracized by the girls. Nevertheless, she was able to brush all that off, because the only opinion that truly mattered to her was that of Kou Tanaka, a classmate with whom she shared a shelter from rain once, followed by quite a few other precious and significant memories. She even succeeded at making plans to meet with the quiet and innocent boy at the summer festival, but a simple misunderstanding, and Tanaka's subsequent disappearance, left her walking the halls of her school friendless. Now in high school, Futaba is not your typical adolescent girl. Determined to become a class favorite this time, she avoids all unwanted attention and, instead of acting cute and feminine, only stands out through her tomboyish behavior and disheveled look. But still, her world is soon turned upside down when the only boy she ever liked unexpectedly comes into her life once again—except he goes by the name of Kou Mabuchi now, and it is not his name alone that has gone through a sea change. 恋、友情、仲間、家族…… 青春のすべてが詰まった“忘れられない時間"を大切に描く物語。 高校1年の終わり、双葉は運命の再会を果たす。 その相手は、中学時代に転校し、忽然と姿を消してしまっていた初恋の人・田中洸。 その洸が、3年ぶりに双葉の前に現れた。 しかし、洸の苗字は「馬渕」に変わり、性格もクールな別人になっていた……。 徐々に明らかになっていく、空白の3年間。 二人の恋は、再び動き出す。
