Volume 1 Introduction: Lillian Girls' Academy is a private school for purely cultured maidens. In order to carry on the pure and correct school life, a system called "sisters (suru)" exists in the upper school. After the students pledged to become sisters through a ceremony in which they received a rosary, the older sisters would mentor the younger sisters. Yumi, who had not yet had an older sister when she entered the upper secondary school, was suddenly declared a "sister" by Sachiko, a sophom...
Another short stores collection, with a frame story of finding Sachiko, who's gone missing. As Yumi encounters different people along the way, we're given different stopped with reach encounter. I found it generally pretty enjoyable to read, and it kept my interest more often than not.
静かなる夜のまぼろし - an earlier story of Shizuka, tied in thematically with the Little Match Girl
ジョアナ - how things went down for Touko at rehearsal that recent day. The name seems to have come from the anime voice actors calling it that?! I especially loved Yumi & Touko's interactions before and after this story
チョコレートコート - the story of Minako's friends, that caused her to be concerned for Yumi, back when we first met Touko. This was by far my favorite
桜組伝統 - a bunch of folk tales, that connect to the Sakura class's school festival event. I skipped the last few bc I wasn't feeling so well, but I enjoyed the first one or two. I'll probably read the rest at some point
図書館の本 - the story of a previous generation's rose, and her newfound fan. Of course it connects to the present day as well
Overall not bad. The first 3 stories (and their surrounding portions) were especially enjoyable for me. That said, I'm looking forward to resuming the main story