"The voice actor for a hit animated series, thirteen-year-old Nikhil must find the courage to speak out about what's right when a group of conservative parents protest his openly gay status."--

"Yutaka Aoi is sweet, sensitive, and loves singing. . . so much so that he can't help but be brought to tears whenever he listens to beautiful music. He also has a talent few boys have: he can sing soprano. So when Yutaka overhears his middle school's choir group perform, he can't resist joining in. Inspired by the angelic sound of Yutaka's voice, the choir eagerly accepts him into their ranks. But when Yutaka's voice begins to change as he enters...

"Russian boy soprano Vladimir Popov is touring Japan when he learns about Yutaka's amazing talent. He insists on meeting this new rival and hearing him sing, but when he watches a rehearsal of The Turn of the Screw, he doesn't mince words in telling Yutaka how he feels about the performance... Will his encounter with Vladimir be a blow to Yutaka's confidence, or will it give him the strength to continue to press onward, in both the opera and school...

"The pressure mounts as the regional choir competition gets closer and closer. Tomoya is struggling to breathe in the choir and at home, as his parents refuse to stop arguing--and when the stress gets to be too much, he takes it out on Yutaka. The choir is starting to fall apart, but a mysterious wandering flutist may have some helpful advice..."--

"After their successful first lunchtime broadcast, Hime and the other Stragglers are looking forward to their next chance to wow the school and prove they have what it takes to stay in the program. But the scriptwriter they were counting on to pen their piece has lost her creative spark. Can Senri and Hime work together to jump-start her imagination?" --