Da Capo III

And the other story, told by the mysterious woman— As the eldest son of the Katsuragi Family—one of the leading family of mages in Japan — Kiyotaka travels across the ocean to London with his little sister, Himeno, in order to study abroad at Royal London Magic Academy, also known as Weather Vane.A sprawling underground academic city awaits Kiyotaka and Himeno as they set foot for the first time in the fog-covered city of London. The academic city is situated in an underground lake and is composed of three floating islands in the shape of a crescent moon. Many fledgling mages from around the world congregate here to study their craft in an optimum environment.Kiyotaka begins to feel at ease in his new environment, and soon enough the siblings are merrily hanging out with their new friends at school. Experiencing ordinary days, repeating like a da capo, as if they were a dream…Kiyotaka walks through London together with Ricca one day. The two meet a lone little girl, situated right underneath a giant clock tower. The girl carries a small cherry blossom branch in her hand, and is missing most of her memories. They decide to take care of her at Weather Vane for a while after learning that she possesses magical powers.—But Kiyotaka had the wish entrusted to him by his father. In order to realize his goal, he needs to become a member of Weather Vane’s student council. So for that reason, Kiyotaka nominates himself to run in the student council elections.Meanwhile, their class receives missions from The Queen. There are those who would use the power of magic to hurt others—Kiyotaka and his classmates head into foggy London in order to prevent those incidents before they occur.A fog that is present all year, a mysterious girl with amnesia, and the magic cherry blossom branch she held. The gears of Kiyotaka’s destiny begin to turn.A tale of encounters and farewells, repeating like a da capo. The tale of cherry blossoms blooming everywhere all year round is now an old story. Hatsune Island is now prominently known as a verdurous place that displays the seasons well.Hatsune Island, Kazami Academy.Attending this school’s affiliated campus is Yoshino Kiyotaka, his upperclassman and school idol, Morizono Ricca, his childhood friend who’s practically a little sister, Katsuragi Himeno, his half-Japanese cousin, Yoshino Charles, and two other girls who all enjoy working in the Newspaper Club together.However, the club members spend their days relaxing in the club room since there's nothing particularly newsworthy happening on the present Hatsune Island, unlike in the past when mysterious events were common.—Until one winter day.Despite being winter, the cherry blossoms of Hatsune Island suddenly start blooming all at once. Even more surprisingly, every single member of the newspaper club simultaneously receives a text message from an unknown sender. The message—“When the cherry blossoms bloom, go to the promised place and—”The latter half of the message is garbled and unreadable, but the message is ominous. It’s been sent from the year 1951.“This is a message from the past! Don’t you think this refers to precisely this situation? Where is the promised place? What is going to happen there? And why have the cherry blossoms bloomed now? Our newspaper club is going to unravel these mysteries!”Morizono Ricca firmly declares this as the president of the newspaper club.Kiyotaka and the others begin investigating the mystery. As if summoned by it, they visit the Everlasting Cherry Blossom, and there they find a lone woman waiting for them. Though it’s their first time meeting, she seems very, very nostalgic.“Now then, shall I tell you about my story?”The woman begins telling her tale—An old tale of how she met and parted with the newspaper club over a century ago in London. “The story of a dream, repeating like the da capo of a song, and the story of how it all began.” She’s known as the idol of the school due to her outstanding looks and friendly