Korewa Koi no Hanashi 8 (KCx ARIA)

[Machine Translation] The age difference between Shinichi Utsumi, a clumsy novelist, and Haruka, a girl in love with him, is 21 years. The story begins when the 10-year-old Haruka comes to Shinichi, who lives alone in his late grandmother's house. There is Ogaki, Shinichi's friend and editor; Satomi, another friend of Shinichi's with gender identity disorder who is sympathetic to Haruka's feelings; Sugita, a boy who has feelings for Haruka; and Utako, who has established friendship with Haruka after a period when she looked at him as an enemy. This is a love story of three adults who cannot become adults and three well-behaved children who are not like children and face their love. In the 8th volume, Shinichi struggles to suppress his feelings for Haruka. After kissing Haruka, Shinichi runs away from her. After some trouble, he rewrites a novel and comes back home. He returns home to rewrite his novel. He is not sure if he has sorted out his feelings or not, but he and Haruka begin their days together again. Shinichi becomes more and more clumsy as he tries to suppress his feelings for Haruka, and Haruka cannot understand him. They go to the movies and to the beach, and Shinichi witnesses Haruka's growth...?

不器用な小説家・内海真一とそんな彼に恋する少女・遥の年の差は21歳。亡き祖母の家でひとりで暮らす真一の元に10歳の遥がやってきたところから物語ははじまる。真一の友人で担当編集でもある大垣、同じく真一の友人で遥の気持ちに寄り添ってくれる性同一性障害のサトミ、遥に想いを寄せる少年・杉田、遥を敵視した時期を経て友情を築く詩子。オトナになりきれない大人3人とコドモらしくなくよくできた子ども3人が恋と向き合うラブストーリー。第8巻では真一が遥への気持ちを抑えようと悪戦苦闘!? 遥にキスした後、その場を逃げ出した真一。悩んだ末、小説を書きなおして家に戻ってくるのだった。気持ちの整理はついているようなついていないような状態のまま、また遥との日々が始まる。キスの話はお互いから出ないまま、好きな気持ちを抑えようとするればするほど不器用になっていく真一とそんな真一が理解できない遥。映画や海へと出かけ、遥の成長を目の当たりにした真一は…!?