Ryoko Kiyama, a character from a Japanese comic book, or manga, falls through a rip into the real world--the western world--and tries to survive as the ultimate outsider at a typical American high school.

Fate brings together Haru Yoshida and Shizuku Mizutani to form the most unlikely pair. Haru firmly believes he's in love with Shizuku and she firmly believes he's insane.

Shizuku is focusing on her studies but things get uncomfortable when her friend Yamaken starts taking the same cram school classes. Haru see Yamaken as a love rival but Shizuku has no interest in such matters.

Charlie is the captain of the basketball team and Nate is president of the robotics club, and they are friends, until Nate declares war on the cheerleaders, because they may get funding for new uniforms instead of a robotics competition.

A Brave Venture--Shizuku is now more determined than ever to make Haru aware of her love for him, but Haru is too preoccupied with fending off Yamaken to notice! Shizuku thinks Haru has nothing to worry about, but competitive above all, Yamaken has some plans of his own. Meanwhile, blossoming feelings turn the popular but romance-hating Natsume into a maiden in love?!

Publisher Annotation: "Speak up for yourself―we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless―an outcast―because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. Through her work on an art project, she is finally able to face what really...