Rainbow Days, Vol. 8

Four male friends support each other through the colorful ups and downs of teenage love.

These four friends couldn’t be more different: Natsuki Hashiba, a dreamer who longs for love, Tomoya Matsunaga, a self-centered playboy, Keiichi Katakura, a winsome guy with a hidden saucy streak, and Tsuyoshi Naoe, a socially awkward nerd who loves anime, manga, and games. Together their high school days are as vibrant as rainbows!

Nozomi may have been rejected (apparently) by Keiichi, but her feelings are stronger than ever. Newly determined to win his heart, she enters Seiryo High. Meanwhile, her older brother, Mattsun, has his own high school love troubles! As Natchan and the gang start their third year, they reminisce about how they all became friends…

Minami Mizuno was born on July 30 in Sapporo, Japan. She debuted with Tama ni wa Konna Watashi to Anata (We Get Like This Sometimes, You and I) in 2006. Rainbow Days was nominated for the 40th Kodansha Manga Award in 2016, and her subsequent work, We Don’t Know Love Yet, was nominated for the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2020.