A Nightingale Awaits the Blooming Love of Spring

A cheerful brawler seeks advice from his reformed former-tough-guy teacher – an unconventional coming-of-age BL love story about leadership, role models, and the emotional chaos of youth. Haruka Shirakawa, a third-year fighter, has battled his way to the title of Top Fighter – only to learn that his new classical literature teacher, Mr. Narumi, once held it too. While Haruka's friends egg him on to challenge Narumi, what Haruka most wants is to understand him.

A video of Narumi in his glory days ignites a fire in Haruka: the burning desire to become stronger – and grown-up. Since Narumi doesn't want to fight him, all that remains is to teach Haruka. But Narumi's lessons land deeper than any punch and lead the two onto a path between strength, responsibility, and budding feelings.

• Contents: Boys' Love, school life, fighting/delinquency, coming-of-age
• Content warnings: explicit sexual content, age gap, student–teacher relationship