In a side story, a boy named Kaede comes to live with his second cousin Toko, who is outraged by Kaede's womanizing, until Kaede genuinely falls in love with Toko. When Izumi sees Mizuki's back in the shower, she deludes herself that Izumi still thinks she's a boy, while he knows the truth but acts as if he does not. The story founders on its own absurdities. Readers will be impatient for Mizuki to take Psychology 101 so she'll figure out what "high jumping" is a euphemism for. Mizuki believes Izumi still loves high jumping and wants to high jump with him. Mizuki wants to see Izumi do the high jump, but is shocked to learn he quit the sport because he couldn't stand the pressure. She somehow manages to transfer to his all-boys' school by masquerading as a boy, and becomes Izumi's roommate. Thirteen-year-old Mizuki Ashiya idolizes high-jump champion Izumi Sano. Nakajo bases his shojo manga (Japanese girls' comic) on the common manga plot device of a girl dressed as a boy.
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