Love and Lies

Yukari is dull. He doesn’t even stand out enough to be bullied – he’s just a generally lower-middle-class kid. He’s in love with Misaki, the most popular girl in school. There’s just one problem: He’s 15, one year away from receiving his government-assigned marriage partner. He normally wouldn’t have the courage to defy the law, but his sickly classmate Ririna still believes in love, and won’t stop goading him into confessing his feelings!

Nejima and Lilina are still trying to recover from the news that the government has assigned each of them to the other as a partner in marriage, but their families have already organized a group camping trip for the pair. Lilina, however, is determined to help Nejima and his childhood crush, Misaki, to continue their burgeoning romance in spite of the government notice—so she invites Misaki along. Then a panicked Nejima invites his friend, Nisaka, to act as his backup. But Nisaka has his own mysterious agenda, and he’s none too impressed with Lilina’s plans. Each of the four high schoolers will have to face the facts: It’s hard to get what you want when you don’t know what that is!

Lilina Sanada doesn’t want to believe in governmentally-arranged marriage. She wants to believe in love—so much so that she’s determined to cheer on her assigned partner Yukari’s secret relationship with his childhood friend. But the government insists that the data doesn’t lie, and despite her resolve, Lilina finds her heart turning toward Yukari. When they attend a mandatory class for newly arranged partners, will their feelings change? Was the system right all along?

The system of governmentally-arranged marriage is supposed to make everyone’s life easier, but it’s not working for Yukari Nejima. His class is staging a production of Romeo and Juliet for the school festival—and the girl he loves, Misaki, is playing Romeo! Opposite her as Juliet is Yukari’s best friend, the perpetually-misunderstood Yusuke. With Yukari working backstage and his governmentally-assigned partner Lilina in the audience, the class play is going to have more star-cross’d lovers than anyone bargained for!

Yukari Nejima is in love with his friend Misaki, but the government has decided that he will marry not the girl he loves, but a near-stranger named Lilina. And yet the more he’s gotten to know Lilina, the more confused his feelings have gotten. If there is truly just one fated love for him, who will it be? As he agonizes over the question, a mysterious girl named Shuu Igarashi appears with a shocking claim–and even if it doesn’t make his dilemma any easier to solve, it changes everything he thought he knew… confessing his feelings!

Taking one path means abandoning another. Realizing the truth of this, Lilina Sanada prepares to make her choice, but her resolve wavers as the path becomes unclear. She tries to be honest with Yukari—the partner the government has assigned her—but on an intimate night at a hot spring, even the best of intentions may not be enough.

Lilina Sanada’s choice. Yukari Nejima’s resolve. Yuusuke Nisaka’s secret. And Misaki Takasaki’s mind. If it weren’t for the government notice system, these four teenagers might have enjoyed perfectly ordinary romances. Instead, their needs and desires become hopelessly entangled, and soon it’s clear there’s no going back to the way things were. But that doesn’t stop Lilina from going through official channels to try to annul her governmental match with Yukari. Meanwhile, on Yukari and Misaki’s first date as girlfriend and boyfriend, Misaki tells a lie...

It’s Christmas, the most magical time of the year... But it’s also the most confusing for Yukari Nejima, Lilina Sanada, Misaki Takasaki, and Yuusuke Nisaka: four teenagers who remain trapped in a complex web of love, lies, and emotions. With a Christmas present in hand, Yukari musters up the courage to confess his undying love for Misaki, but she stands by her decision to end their relationship before it can progress any further. And while Lilina sorts through her own conflicting feelings, Nisaka finally reveals his secret to Yukari...

Taken aback after Nisaka’s sudden confession of love, Yukari does what he thinks is necessary to show Nisaka just how far he’s willing to go to remain friends. But in a sea of overwhelming feelings and misunderstandings, the thread of the boys’ friendship only seems to become more frayed. Unsure of how to handle his emotions, Nisaka pulls himself further away from Yukari. But in order to salvage any sort of future between them, Nisaka will have to confront the past he’s kept inside him for so long…

After Nisaka’s confession, Yukari attempts to put his feelings into words to try and salvage any remnants of their fraying friendship... But that’s not the only relationship of his that’s toeing the delicate line between friends and lovers. As Yukari discovers the truth that Misaki has been hiding from him all this time, he will have to make a choice—between the path chosen for him, and the feelings of love he’s been committed to. But is he willing to risk everything and make the choice he absolutely shouldn’t…?

WHAT WE DO FOR LOVE Shuu can no longer deny her feelings for Yajima. How will Yajima respond to this sudden turn of events, especially since he has only just said goodbye to long-unrequited feelings of his own? Meanwhile, Lilina has started to realize that she is in love with Yukari. But she is still determined to find out why Misaki, who she knows loves Yukari from the bottom of her heart, begged her not to annul their government notice. The truth behind Misaki’s “deal” will prove more devastating than she could have ever imagined...

TRUST IN THE NUMBERS Lilina’s arranged partner is in love with another girl. At first she vowed to support their relationship, but as time went on, she fell for him herself. Yet even if he feels the same way, how could she expect him to abandon the girl he’s loved for years? And if he did, could any of their hearts survive? Witness the destiny of the two tied together by science. FINAL VOLUME!

FOLLOW YOUR HEART The boy Misaki loves has been partnered with another girl. Having made a deal with the government to protect him, she has no choice but to stay out of his life. But can she marry someone else while her soul aches for the one she sacrificed everything for? Witness the destiny of the two brought together by fate. FINAL VOLUME!