Ginger and Pear

A cool, taciturn boy vs. a proud, radiant violinist

In his third year of junior high, his scumbag father sent him to live with his mother, whom he had not seen for years, to escape the scheming within his family. Emotionally deprived, he became silent and aloof, until he met her, a friend of his older sister. In the sweltering summer, she entered his world and became his sunshine.

At eighteen, she saw again the boy who had left such a fleeting impression on her years before. At first, she only felt sorry for all he had been through. Then she realized her feelings had changed. Fortunately, she had always been forthright and passionate, and so the brilliant, flirtatious young musical prodigy and the calculating, cool boy began an intense game of push and pull...