S.A. (Special A) Vol. 17

Her whole life, Hikari Hanazono has been consumed with the desire to win against her school rival, Kei Takishima–at anything. He always comes out on top no matter what he does, and Hikari is determined to do whatever it takes to beat this guy…somehow!At age 6 Hikari lost to Kei in an impromptu wrestling match. Now, at 15, Hikari joins “”Special A,”” a group of the top seven students at a private academy, for the opportunity to trounce the guy who made her suffer her first defeat.

Joy abounds when final exams are over and the students begin to plan for the summer festival. But secretly Hikari is heartbroken–she’ll be moving to Kyushu because of her father’s job. She can’t bring herself to tell Kei and the others. Will she really leave the boy and the school she loves?

By Maki Minami