Welcome to Panic, a sultry Miami nightclub where bodies and hearts move to a beat that doesn’t stop at sunrise—the setting for “a magnificent story full of deep emotion” (Sawyer Bennett).
Katherine: I thought I could enjoy a night out like a normal person. I thought I could handle the flashing lights, the pulsing music, the crowded dance floor. I couldn’t have been more wrong. After having...

An aspiring young singer becomes a prisoner of a Yakuza-controlled prostitution ring in the neon underworld of Tokyo.

Lola: I've seen the way women in line behind the velvet rope look at William Fox, like he's an Armani-clad St. Peter at the pearly gates. Except Panic isn't heaven, and this bouncer is no saint. He's been tempting me to sin ever since I started working here, but Fox's slick smile and bad-boy swagger tell me everything I need to know about him. Still, a girl has needs. And Fox looks ready to fulfill every last one-at least for a night . . . Fox:...

While everyone is still preparing for the Festival, there seems to be some internal struggling concerning Kaname and Momomi with the others. Later, after suffering two show-stopping events, all the students involved with the play band together and put on a show the other students will never forget.

The "Seven Mysteries" of the Strawberry Dorms are mentioned. Nagisa and Tamao start to investigate the first mystery, "The Girl of the Hallway," despite Nagisa's terrible fear of the supernatural.

During a tennis match, Kaname admits that she both hates and loves Amane, because of her inability to ever surpass her at anything. Kaname's lover, Momomi, overhears this and after the match, they break up. Amane becomes persuaded to join the Étoile election, with Hikari as her partner.

Miyuki recounts for Nagisa the events of the past few years, filling in details of the relationship between Shizuma and the now-deceased Kaori, whom they have both grieved for, over the past three years. As she tells her story, she discusses the impact that Kaori's passing has had on the two of them, and reflects, as well, on the effect that Nagisa's arrival has also had on them.

Nagisa is shown around the Strawberry Dorms by Tamao, and is surprised by Shizuma's advances again and again. She also finds herself unable to move whenever Shizuma gazes at her. Nagisa discovers that the Student Council feels that Shizuma is shirking her responsibilities, and resolves to remedy the situation. After much searching, she finds Shizuma and convinces her to step up.

Nagisa and most of her friends enjoy a short trip to the beach during "summer school." While there, the girls find their own ways of having fun with each other, and they even get to participate in a test of courage later on. Meanwhile, Nagisa is just starting to discover just how much she misses Shizuma.

During a rainy night in Shizuma's villa, Nagisa finally learns about Kaori Sakuragi, the Étoile that died. However, she also makes a painful discovery of exactly how close the two Étoile were, and how their shared past is still far from being a mere memory.