Ranks and Dusk

Ritsu kept finding weak points in everything at Seikyo Academy, from broken club rules to the rank system that decided who got space, food, and respect. He used that skill to keep the anime club alive and to protect its screenings inside the school rules, even when the line between allowed and banned felt thin. Then a rights group came after the student events that had grown around the club, and Ritsu had to deal with people who understood law, pressure, and public shame better than he did. Yua kept crossing his path, reading the letter he had thrown away, tending his wounds, and staying close long after she needed to. At the same time, Shun turned every public event into a test. Ritsu could...