Soichiro Yamamoto: 5 books

Hearing the word couple is enough to get Nishikata flustered, especially when he and Takagi-san keep getting mistaken for one...(It's gotta be another ploy!) With summer still in the air, hair-raising ghost stories and haunted trails won't be the only surprise in store for Nishikata--not when the real heart-stopper is right beside him!

Takagi-san might've won every single prank-off since the beginning of time, but Nishikata's not throwing in the towel yet! All he needs to do is to come up with an ingenious trick, protect it from her crazy mind-reading skills, have a plan B (and C) ready whenever she throws a curveball at him, and...

Hearing the word couple is enough to get Nishikata flustered, especially when he and Takagi-san keep getting mistaken for one...(It's gotta be another ploy!) With summer still in the air, hair-raising ghost stories and haunted trails won't be the only surprises in store for Nishikata-not when the real heart-stopper is right beside him!

Hangouts with Takagi-san never go smoothly-not when she teases you for thinking about naughty stuff or when your entire class is convinced you're dating her! Both are embarrassing enough for Nishikata, but Takagi-san doesn't seem the tiniest bit fazed-at least, from what he can tell...Avoiding her...

Middle schooler Nishikata has had it with his classmate Takagi--the chronic teaser who sits nearby. Day in and day out, she comes after him with every sort of trick or prank. Even when he tries to get her back, she's always one step ahead. But rest assured, it's only the beginning. He's not about to give up that easily in this battle of cunning and youth!