Gravitation, v. 8 (Paperback)

Track 32 Overview: Everything seems fine and dandy between Shuichi and Eiri-they just had their date, complete with print-club stickers, and after Eiri revealed his dark past, they seem to have achieved a new step in their relationship. Seguchi calls in Shuichi and Hiro to his office, and forgives them for blowing up the office. However, he forbids Shuichi from ever seeing Eiri again, adding that Eiri belongs to him. Shuichi is naturally distraught, but Hiro has a solution-he should stay with Eiri, and the both of them will quit N-G Productions. Major Event: Seguchi orders Shuichi to break up with Eiri. Track 33 Overview: Shuichi is understandably confused by Seguchi's orders to break up with Eiri, and Eiri doesn't help matters when he tells Shuichi that Seguchi is special to him. Hiro, Suguru and K try to convince Shuichi that he should stay with Eiri and break off from N-G for a different label. K accosts Shuichi on a mission to find Eiri and talks to him man to man to settle the whole matter. They find him drinking at a bar with Seguchi. Shuichi confronts Seguchi and tells him that he wants to stay with Eiri even at the cost of leaving N-G, but then Eiri seems to side with Seguchi after all. Major Event: Shuichi is convinced that he wants to stay with Eiri even if it means leaving N-G behind, but Eiri seems to decide to stick with Seguchi. Track 34 Overview: Shuichi dyes his hair in an attempt to right himself after being dumped by Eiri. K then forces him to accompany his surveillance of Hiro and Ayaka's date. The date happens to be at the premiere for the new movie starring Hollywood's biggest actress, Judy Winchester. The movie brings back memories of Eiri for Shuichi, and he throws a tantrum in the theater. Judy bursts on the scene, and it turns out that she is K's wife. She drags Shuichi away, claiming that she will help him debut in the U.S. Meanwhile, Eiri is convalescing at his family's home, where he ominously says that Seguchi will protect him, and kill "him" for Shuichi's sake. Major Event: Shuichi throws a fit in a movie theater when Hollywood actress Judy Winchester, who happens to be K's wife, bursts in, and accosts him. Track 35 Overview: Judy kidnaps Shuichi, intending to take him to New York and making him a star in America, but Shuichi refuses. Meanwhile, Sakano is fed up with Seguchi running the company merely by his personal whims. Eiri reveals that he broke up with Shuichi because Seguchi threatened to kill Shuichi otherwise. Shuichi is tranquilized and dragged aboard a plane headed for New York. K tries to rescue him, but to no avail. In New York, Reiji of XMR Records awaits Shuichi's arrival...Major Event: Shuichi is forced onto a plane headed for New York, where Reiji of XMR Records awaits him.