About

Before the Final Bell Rings Spring of your first year in high school. Just after enrolling, I met him—a senior who was kind to everyone yet slightly elusive: Toru Sakurai. At first, he was just an "admired upperclassman." Just passing him in the hallway made me happy. Just hearing him call my name made the whole day special. Before I knew it, my eyes were following him everywhere as a matter of course. But for him, this is the final year of high school life. In contrast to the distance between us slowly closing, the day of graduation is steadily approaching. "I wish we could talk like this next year, too." Even casual words like those pierced my heart. The time I can spend with him is less than a year. The classroom after school. The hallways dyed in the sunset. The casual "see you tomorrow" we exchange. Before all of that becomes just a memory. Will I be able to convey these feelings? ——Before the final bell rings. This is the story of "me," a high school freshman, and Toru Sakurai, a senior. A bittersweet, sweet youth romance with a senior, beginning within a limited time.