Okay, now we're back in the middle of the action. We're introduced to the protagonist, who's a second-year student at a school in the U.S. . He's super-excited to be back in school, but he's also a little worried about what's going on with his sister, hina, and his friend, Shmoop. Hmm...what's the matter with hina? Well, she's been making fun of him lately, and she'll probably never be able to get over the fact that he told her that she was a "bummer" . So, what the heck is going on? He doesn't know what to say, so he just blurts out something like, "Hey, I'm really, really sorry that hina isn't coming home right away. I've been trying to get her to come home with me, too, but she just won't, and I'll be coming back as often as I need to get things back to where they were before . I don't really know what the point of this is, but I guess it's just a matter of time before she starts to hate me, and that's not really a good sign either. Shmoopersing in on the conversation, we find out that s'ugimoto's sister, Mina, has become a little "bratty" , which means that she'd rather not go home with him. Hmm, maybe she just hates him, too? Shmopersing back to the story, we learn that Mina is a second year student at the school. She's had a tough time adjusting to life at school, and now she seems like a "little bratty" bratty. Shm