“I, Duke Cercis Tinensis Finalis, promise to love Viola Mangelica Fisalis, till the end of my days.” Viola can’t hide her surprise when Cercis says his wedding vows for real on their extremely belated honeymoon. And in his increasing romantic fervor, he names the sapphires mined in his territory “Viola Sapphires”! Now he wants her to wear them at parties to advertise them... What kind of humiliation play is this!? On top of all that, their capable servants’ “Perfect Duchess” training starts heating up, too! Viola has a lot on her plate, and her newly awakened feelings for her husband aren’t gonna make things easier!

Banana Yoshimoto's novels of young life in Japan have made her an international sensation. Goodbye Tsugumi is an offbeat story of a deep and complicated friendship between two female cousins that ranks among her best work. Maria is the only daughter of an unmarried woman. She has grown up at the seaside alongside her cousin Tsugumi, a lifelong invalid, charismatic, spoiled, and occasionally cruel. Now Maria's father is finally able to bring Maria and her mother to Tokyo, ushering Maria into a world of university, impending adulthood, and a "normal" family. When Tsugumi invites Maria to spend a last summer by the sea, a restful idyll becomes a time of dramatic growth as Tsugumi finds love and Maria learns the true meaning of home and family. She also has to confront both Tsugumi's inner strength and the real possibility of losing her. Goodbye Tsugumi is a beguiling, resonant novel from one of the world's finest young writers.

What he experienced that day wasn’t life-changing . . . It was life-making. Tomura is startled by the hypnotic sound of a piano being tuned in his school. It seeps into his soul and transports him to the forests, dark and gleaming, that surround his beloved mountain village. From that moment, he is determined to discover more. Under the tutelage of three master piano-tuners – one humble, one cheery, one ill-tempered – Tomura embarks on his training, never straying too far from a single, unfathomable question: do I have what it takes? Set in small-town Japan, this warm and mystical story is for the lucky few who have found their calling—and for the rest of us who are still searching. It shows that the road to finding one’s purpose is a winding path, often filled with treacherous doubts and, for those who persevere, astonishing moments of revelation.

Thanks to Ennoshita’s efforts, Karasuno defeats Wakutani Minami and advances to the semifinals of the Miyagi Prefecture qualifier tournament. Their next opponent will be whoever wins the Aoba Johsai vs. Date Tech game! Will it be Bluecastle, led by the prefecture’s number one setter, Tohru Oikawa? Or will it be Date Tech and their newly rebuilt Iron Wall?