On the Hillside Path Where the Cherry Blossoms Flutter

Background

On the way to Hikarizaka High School, Tomoya Okazaki, a delinquent third-year student wishing for change in his life, meets a strange girl named Nagisa Furukawa talking to herself on the hill. Throughout the day, he is introduced to many of the main female characters; Kyou Fujibayashi and her sister Ryou Fujibayashi, astounded by their personalities. Later in the day, Tomoya has a conversation with Nagisa during lunch and learns that she is repeating her last year of high school, due to being absent too much because of illness, and wants to join the now-disbanded drama club. They watch a female transfer student beat up two guys on motorbikes. After school, Tomoya goes to Nagisa's family bakery and meets her eccentric parents, Akio Furukawa and Sanae Furukawa; he is invited to have dinner with them.