Chapter summaries

My Sister, My Strength | New Blooms | Blinding White

My Sister, My Strength

1. Differences On a hot afternoon, Taka is surprised – and yet not surprised – to find himself outside a small downtown bookstore.

2. Eyes of the Heart
There are things we know, and things we believe. Do our minds rule our hearts, or is it the other way around?

3. Festival Night The summer festival brings a couple of surprises, some fireworks, and an... interesting revelation.

4. Guarded Moments A summer's day. A shopping trip. A chance encounter. Is it more important to be happy, or to be right?

5. Haunted Words, even casually spoken, can cause tremendous pain. But words can't heal. What can Taka do?

6. Imouto and Oniisan Taka stands outside Kana's room, little aware that things are about to change. Drastically.

7. Junctures Episodes in the life of a very different Kana flash before Taka's eyes. Part 1 of 4.

8. Kinaesthesia Struggling back to the real world, Taka finds that waking isn't much better than dreaming. Part 2 of 4.

9. Learning It's easy to tell someone to be strong, but how much harder is it to be strong? Part 3 of 4.

10. My Sister, My Strength
The finale. Decisions are made, and two lives are changed forever. Part 4 of 4.
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New Blooms

1. Needing, Wanting Taka returns home, but life isn't exactly back to normal...

2. Old Scars Two people who love each other, each wounded in different ways. Two people, stronger together than apart.

3. Promise Me The rehabilitation of Taka's heart and mind continues, with input from an unexpected source.

4. Questions A special occasion and a night out find Taka restless and distracted.

5. Return Your Love Taka confronts his mixed feelings about jealousy, belonging and love.

6. Shared Lives Keep me safe from harm. Always be there to complete me. Never ever leave me. And always know... I love you.

7. The Second Farewell
The conclusion to 'New Blooms'. One life ends, and another begins.
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Blinding White

1. First Falls It's the end of a busy school day for Rika Todo and Sara, her imouto-chan.

2. A Bitter Wind Rika's otousan finds himself in a hauntingly familiar situation.

3. Broken Inside There's more than one side to growing up, as Rika learns when she's confronted with a harsh truth.

4. Holding On Rika struggles to find hope and strength in the face of a long, cold winter.

5. Five Weeks Until Spring There'll be blue skies and green leaves again, Okaasan. I'm sure there will. Just hold on.

6. Thank You Rika's otousan recalls memories of love and happier times. It's time for a final farewell.

7. Somewhere, I Sleep Alone It's cold and dark, and Rika is alone. The Todos are lost. All of them.

8. Growing Older Desperate to hold everything together – especially herself – Rika takes her love too far.

9. One Love

The finale of 'Blinding White'. Rika finally comes to terms with what she's lost – and the ways in which she's changed.

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My Sister, My Strength
1. Differences	On a hot afternoon, Taka is surprised – and yet not surprised – to find himself outside a small downtown bookstore.
2. Eyes of the Heart	There are things we know, and things we believe. Do our minds rule our hearts, or is it the other way around?
3. Festival Night	The summer festival brings a couple of surprises, some fireworks, and an... interesting revelation.
4. Guarded Moments	A summer's day. A shopping trip. A chance encounter. Is it more important to be happy, or to be right?
5. Haunted	Words, even casually spoken, can cause tremendous pain. But words can't heal. What can Taka do?
6. Imouto and Oniisan	Taka stands outside Kana's room, little aware that things are about to change. Drastically.
7. Junctures	Episodes in the life of a very different Kana flash before Taka's eyes. Part 1 of 4.
8. Kinaesthesia	Struggling back to the real world, Taka finds that waking isn't much better than dreaming. Part 2 of 4.
9. Learning	It's easy to tell someone to be strong, but how much harder is it to be strong? Part 3 of 4.
10. My Sister, My Strength	The finale. Decisions are made, and two lives are changed forever. Part 4 of 4. return to top
New Blooms
1. Needing, Wanting	Taka returns home, but life isn't exactly back to normal...
2. Old Scars	Two people who love each other, each wounded in different ways. Two people, stronger together than apart.
3. Promise Me	The rehabilitation of Taka's heart and mind continues, with input from an unexpected source.
4. Questions	A special occasion and a night out find Taka restless and distracted.
5. Return Your Love	Taka confronts his mixed feelings about jealousy, belonging and love.
6. Shared Lives	Keep me safe from harm. Always be there to complete me. Never ever leave me. And always know... I love you.
7. The Second Farewell	The conclusion to 'New Blooms'. One life ends, and another begins. return to top
Blinding White
1. First Falls	It's the end of a busy school day for Rika Todo and Sara, her imouto-chan.
2. A Bitter Wind	Rika's otousan finds himself in a hauntingly familiar situation.
3. Broken Inside	There's more than one side to growing up, as Rika learns when she's confronted with a harsh truth.
4. Holding On	Rika struggles to find hope and strength in the face of a long, cold winter.
5. Five Weeks Until Spring	There'll be blue skies and green leaves again, Okaasan. I'm sure there will. Just hold on.
6. Thank You	Rika's otousan recalls memories of love and happier times. It's time for a final farewell.
7. Somewhere, I Sleep Alone	It's cold and dark, and Rika is alone. The Todos are lost. All of them.
8. Growing Older	Desperate to hold everything together – especially herself – Rika takes her love too far.
9. One Love	The finale of 'Blinding White'. Rika finally comes to terms with what she's lost – and the ways in which she's changed.