It’s time for New Year’s, which also makes it Mikan’s birthday. But will her special day get lost in the latest whirl of crazy Academy celebrations? And what happens when you combine an invitation to the elite Flower Garden Association’s New Year’s party (a girls-only event!) with a very sticky prank? Natsume’s definitely up to something, but Mikan is left baffled as to what it might be.
By Tachibana Higuchi