It’s Tada Banri’s first day at college and he’s lost. Luckily, there’s another guy with the same envelope as him so he must be going to the same place. Unfortunately, he’s lost too. Golden Time (Volume 1) – The Hand of Fate Holds Roses What happened? Tada Banri and Yanagisawa Mitsou soon become friends as they search for the college building. On their way there, Yana reveals that he left his old school because of a girl. Tada wanted more details, but then a stunning girl stepped out of a car carrying a bunch of roses and slapped him in…
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