With Sumino’s signature delicate portrayal of teenage romance andlove, this warm-hearted novel captures the unique worldview thatcomes with adolescence: “Sable’s joyful, light footsteps sounded likethe fluttering of wings. I know you might call me out on this, sayingthat I was just making up this simile because of her nickname, and,well, you’re right. Stupid stuff like this sent my heart aflutter morethan it did her, I’m sure.”Love and Everything Afterward is a coming-of-age romance novelprimarily focused around a boy called Yohei Seto (nicknamed‘Baabaa’) and a girl called Tsukasa Kushiro (nicknamed ‘Sable’).Baabaa is a somewhat introverted young man who has undisclosedfeelings for Sable. The kind of person who goes along with the flow,Baabaa’s friends tease him and urge him to confess his feelings forSable, but he finds himself constrained by the pressure to find themost ideal situation to tell her and dwells in his own inactivity.On the other hand, Sable is a quirky young woman who is proneto overthinking. A typical introvert who opens up once she’scomfortable, Baabaa admires Sable's unique way of viewing theworld.When Sable suggests that they visit her grandfather in the Japanesecountryside during summer vacation, Baabaa is taken on a journeywhere he confronts what love—and everything else that comesafterward—means to him.A charming coming-of-ageromance novel focusing aroundtwo high school students.