The Asakura siblings are surprised when a new transfer student, Sakura Yoshino, appears.
While Miharu is in the hospital, Junichi must take care of an android based on Miharu's appearance and personality.
A mishap with Sakura and Nemu causes Junichi to go hungry for much of the day, but Kotori, the girl he hears singing in the park, offers him one of his favorite foods.
On a day he skips class, Jun'ichi rescues Yoriko, a cat-eared maid, from torment by local children. She offers to serve as the Asakuras' maid in return, but she has zero experience in any maid skills.
Jun'ichi invites his friends to the beach, little realizing a certain promise he made earlier.
Sun'ichi helps Moe get to school under the nose of the hall monitors,and she invites him to a nabe meal in return.
Nemu keeps receiving various anonymous poems, from a secret admirer.
Junichi agrees to go to Kotori's recital but in the same time he has to meet with Nemu.
Jun'ichi,Nemu,Sakura,and Suginami try various plans to coas the hikikomori yoriko outside.
Mako asks Jun'ichi an unusual favor to help her turn down a persistent girl suitor.
Suginami sponsors a trip to a jungle-themed resort, where Moe causes a bit of a ruckus.
As Nemu ponders the Asakuras' finances,Miharu asks Jun'ichi to take her shoping. They run into Nemu, who does a little shoping of her own.
After the entire school finds out how the relationship between Junichi and Nemu has developed, Sakura and Suginami try to stop them before they take their relationship even further.
Seeing Jun'ichi and Nemu closer than ever before, Sakura tries to pull them apart using Jun'ichi's sense of honor, sparking a heated quarrel between the two girls. That night, Nemu collapses in Jun'ichi's arms, with cherry blossom petals falling from her lips.
After a welcoming party for Sakura, the Asakuras and their friends repair the neglected Yoshino house. Sakura shoots down Aisia's hopes of magic lessons, and tries to explain the dangers of magic.
Nemu manages to regain consciousness, to the relief of Jun'ichi and his friends. Yoriko asks Jun'ichi for her "wages": a date at night. Together they share Yoriko's dream, going to school together and building wonderful memories with the boy Misaki fell in love with.
Kotori realizes that her telepathic power is fading, sensing only painful noise when she tries to probe anyone but Jun'ichi. She focuses her attention on him, as being able to sense his thoughts puts her at ease; however, her friends point out that she is also falling in love.
Miharu the android, in order to become more like her human counterpart, attempts to search for Miharu's memories within herself, despite the fact that they weren't a part of her programming, and the fact that such searching greatly shortens her lifespan.
Nemu, who is still in the hospital, is visited by Mako and Suginami, but she doesn't remember who they are.
Nemu, still affected by amnesia and dazed, wanders away from home. Junichi goes looking for her.
