Sawako Kuronuma is the perfect heroine...for a horror movie. Nicknamed "Sadako" after the haunting movie character, everyone is afraid to come near her for fear of being cursed. But her whole life changes when she befriends the most popular boy in class, Shota Kazehaya.

The Festival is over, and everyone's spirits are down. Ryu's baseball team is in the semifinals, and Chizu doesn't know where her loyalties lie. She wants him to be happy, but she doesn't want him to leave her. At the same time, Kazehaya and Sawako have been unable to confront each other since he made her cry.

Sawako "Sadako" Kuronuma is the perfect heroine...for a horror movie.

With her jet-black hair, sinister smile and silent demeanor, Sawako "Sadako" Kuronuma always had trouble fitting in. But her whole life changes when she befriends the most popular boy in class, Shota Kazehaya. Can love trump her cursed life?

Sawako decides to take the entrance exam for a university in Sapporo, while Kazehaya has chosen to attend university near home. The couple realizes there aren't that many high school days left--will they move into the future together, or apart?