With a change of scenery comes a change of heart?! Chiyo, Nozaki, and their classmates are about to embark on a major event in their high school lives-the school trip! To get an edge, lovelorn Chiyo studies up on Nozaki's itinerary in advance. Will her efforts bear fruit when the two find themselves alone together and a new emotion takes root in Nozaki's heart?! Meanwhile, back at school, Wakamatsu's popularity suddenly skyrockets, and Hori uncovers Kashima's embarrassing secret...!

The boy of her dreams...is a girl's manga artist?! To the eyes of high school student Chiyo Sakura, classmate Umetarou Nozaki--brawny of build and brusque of tongue--is a dreamboat! When Chiyo finally works up the courage to tell Nozaki how she feels about him, she knows rejection is on the table...but getting recruited as a manga-ka's assistant?! Never in a million years! But for someone who makes a living drawing sweet girly romances, Nozaki-kun is a little slow on the uptake when it comes to matters of the heart in reality. And so Chiyo's daily life of manga making and heartache begins!

Love is just around the corner for Nozaki and the gang-or so it seems... The appearance of a young maiden from a private school stuns the Nozaki squad with some rather perplexing beliefs about...love? While the new girl is befriending Nozaki, Chiyo is playing the field with other attractive men-who aren't Nozaki! Meanwhile, the elder Seo tries again to win a date with his longtime crush, Yukari-'tis the season, after all. And love might be in the air for one Seo sibling, but how will the other fare when Lorelai's biggest fan, Wakamatsu, at long last learns Yuzuki's true identity?!

Love’s got us spinning round and round... Yuzuki Seo never gives up! Her past Wakamatsu confession attempts were met with…well, not a positive response…so she just has to keep trying, right?! And she can’t expect much help from Kashima and Hori-senpai. After all, they’re struggling to deal with the aftermath of Hori’s awkward confession during the hypnosis-manga debacle…Meanwhile, on the Nozaki front, Sakura is the model for a new shoujo manga—which just may reveal Nozaki’s true feelings for her!

It's Nozaki-kun's job to create characters, but he doesn't have to look very far for inspiration! Umetarou Nozaki, a high school student leading a double life as a popular shoujo manga-ka, is an extraordinary guy. This is hardly news to Chiyo, of course! But not to be outdone by Nozaki, the people around him are pretty unique too... There's a maiden-hearted playboy, a flighty former editor, a serious editor, an insomniac, an angel-voiced troublemaker, a hard-working drama club president, and the school prince who's actually a princess. With this colorful cast of characters vying for Nozaki's attention, Chiyo's got some tough competition ahead!

Acquaintances old and new get to know one another! Nozaki's manga assistants keep mum about their sideline gigs...sometimes even from one another! What will happen when Wakamatsu discovers Mikoshiba's secret and the two "meet" all over again...? And when Wakamatsu encounters Seo's older brother, Ryousuke, for the first time, what will come of the psychological warfare that ensues? Later, Hori's true feelings for Kashima come bursting out!! Will it change their relationship?! And everyone finally gets to meet the youngest Nozaki sibling, Yumeko!!

Secret after secret among Nozaki and friends is revealed, plunging the groupeven further into chaos! Who exactly owns the rather unique books in Nozaki’s closet? What does Sakiko Yumeno do in her (his) free time? Will Wakamatsu ever actually figure out who Lorelai really is...?!

Nozaki-kun is a pro, but he doesn't always act like one... Nozaki's daily life as a professional manga-ka may revolve around drawing and deadlines, but random weirdness is never far behind! When Chiyo tells Nozaki she wants to see more drama in his manga, he rises to the task...by trying to pull bizarre pranks on her for inspiration?! Then, Nozaki gets his hands on a girls' dating sim after an attempt to cozy up to his editor, and the boys have a sleepover to play it through, only to be shocked silly by the absurd plot twists! And wait, what's this?! Nozaki has a little brother who's as much of a weirdo as he is?! Just as the all-important, romance-boosting summer festival is rolling around, Chiyo has two Nozakis to contend with...?!

Drawing comics is hard work, as high school boy and shoujo manga-ka Umetarou Nozaki and his motley crew of friends-turned-assistants know well. But being a manga pro doesn't necessarily make Nozaki great at everything. In fact, Chiyo is about to discover that his talent just might be full of holes?! As it turns out, everyone's got some weaknesses, and nobody's perfect-not even school "prince" Kashima! And Chiyo doesn't get a pass either...because her greatest weakness is Nozaki himself!

The crazy days of Nozaki and the gang speed ahead at breakneck pace! Nozaki and Sakura scope out the competition of other manga artists, Ryousuke discovers Yukari’s manga, and Wakamatsu’s quest to learn to endure Seo’s singing without falling asleep continues! Meanwhile, Hori and Kashima’s communication is as stellar as ever, while Mikoshiba just can’t accept another person’s feelings for the idol he likes...