Sekine-kun no Koi

In the title piece, Chiruhi, Orin is a prostitute who works on a boat near the seashore. She falls in love with a young hairdresser, who is one of her customers, even though she knows it is an impossible love. This collection consists of six historical short stories which tragicomically depict people trying to do their best in the city of Edo throughout the seasons.

Omi Tsukasa, who still holds a flame for his close friend and first love, Su-chan, becomes a new teacher assigned to his old school. There he spots Su-chan's doppelganger, a student named Sugimoto. Upon finding out that Sugimoto is Su-chan's nephew, Omi starts having an interest in him, much to the annoyance of his target of interest.

Hazuki falls in love at first sight with a flower shop owner named Rokka and decides to get closer to her by applying as a part-time employee. A going-away party soon brings him to her doorstep, and Hazuki is elated. But what happens when he discovers that residing in her apartment is the spirit of the man she can never forget?

One day energetic high school girl Hina Katagiri suddenly time travels to the year 1907 in Tokyo. The first person she sees is a sorrowful man named Takaaki Hongo. Who exactly is this Hongo-sama? As fate works its gears, how will their romance unfold? Transcending time, two people meet their destiny.

Sekine Keiichiro is handsome, intelligent, and popular. He’s a jack-of-all-trades who’s loved by women. Loved, that is, until they find out he’s passionless and stoic and completely lacking in conviction. In a moment of self-reflection he starts hunting- can anything make him feel?