Rory, the underdog scholarship kid teased for her weight, will go to any length to secure the lead role in her school's senior musical. Inspired by Shakespeare's Richard III.

"Ninth-grader Jonah is not a jock. On the contrary, he loves history class and nerdy movies, and his athletic ineptitude verges on tragic. So, what's he doing signing up for the baseball team? Could it have something to do with the cute shortstop, Elliot?"--

Jay Wong is spending the last days of summer 2010 trying to land a kickflip and begging for something to make her senior year different. Then she meets Ash Chan, confident, independent, and hell on a skateboard. But Ash is hiding her past. As things between Ash and Jay move from friendship to something more, Jay has to decide what it means to build a life on her own terms.

As Mikako and her friends work hard to get their club up and running, Mikako notices Tsutomu has gotten close to their new member, Ayumi, and begins to grow jealous. Later, Tsutomu and Mikako celebrate their birthdays, but Mikako's father's absence weighs heavily on her heart, prompting Tsutomu to urge her to track him down. Will this long-overdue reunion lead to a breakthrough for Mikako, or is nothing she can do extreme enough to force her to unbottle...