Sweet Blue Flowers. Vol. 1 : VIZ Media, LLC : 9781421592985 : 1421592983 : 02 Nov 2017 : A genre-defining saga of love and friendship between girls. Akira Okudaira is starting high school and is ready for exciting new experiences. And on the first day of school, she runs into her best friend from kindergarten at the train station! Now Akira and Fumi have the chance to rekindle their friendship, but life has gotten a lot more complicated since they were kids&; Fumi is glad Akira is back in her life. Even in kindergarten, Akira knew how to stand up for herself, and she was always willing to stand up for Fumi too. But Fumi&;s first love recently got married, and Fumi is grappling with a broken heart and the fact that her sweetheart was another woman&; Can Akira&;s open heart help dispel the gloom Fumi has been caught up in?