Ep. 22: Hikari grapples with her feelings for Kei while Aoi confronts the Director of Hakusenkan.
Aired on September 1, 2008

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Hikari finds her interactions with Kei increasingly awkward as she struggles to understand her emotions. After spending the day together, she realizes she loves him but ultimately refrains from confessing her feelings. In a parallel storyline, Aoi approaches the Director of Hakusenkan. This encounter leaves the Director with no choice but to lock up the S.A's greenhouse for reasons that remain unknown. The episode focuses on these unresolved romantic tensions and mysterious administrative actions within the school setting, highlighting the characters' internal conflicts and external pressures without providing definitive resolutions to either situation.
Episodes
- Ep. 18 · Akira attends a matchmaking event with Sakura while Tadashi seeks advice from Yahiro to reconcile.
- Ep. 19 · Megumi tests Yahiro's feelings through a date game while Hikari falls ill.
- Ep. 20 · Hikari, Kei, and Jun encounter Sakura at an athletic park opening.
- Ep. 21 · Hikari confronts Aoi Ogata and reflects on her feelings for Kei
- Ep. 22 · Hikari grapples with her feelings for Kei while Aoi confronts the Director of Hakusenkan.
- Ep. 23 · Kei challenges Hikari to restore the S.A class before departing for London
- Ep. 24 · Hikari and S.A travel to London to retrieve Kei, who has resigned himself to separation.