When he joins the organization committee for the joint Kouyouen-North High festival Kyon is reunited with Sasaki an old friend from middle school Their renewed friendship draws a confession out of Sasaki that could change everything! A romantic challenger has appeared!! About the Author Nagaru Tanigawa is a Japanese author best known for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya for which he won the grand prize at the eighth annual Sneaker Awards Tanigawa is currently working on the tenth novel about Haruhi Suzumiya & the SOS Brigade