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Now that Lucille and the musicians know what they are up against (the zombie-esque Guignols!), they have to figure out how to stop them! Kaori Yuki's new epic adventure offers up not one but two new storylines to savor with "The Queen and the Jester" and the title story, "Tragédie Lyrique." Is the orchestra any closer to stopping the Guignol infestation?

Lucille and company visit the residence of Duke Rhodonite--a member of the opposition to the queen--in search of information about the new type of Guignols they discovered at the Vienne Abbey. When the Duke holds a party to announce his betrothal, Lucille is captured through a nefarious plot!

Lucille and the orchestra encounter a town overrun with the worst kind of audience: the living dead! Well, not really. They're people who have been turned into doll-like zombies. And they are definitely not a crowd to take lightly. Can a group of roving musicians use their skills to calm the beasts? Or is this curtains for the Grand Orchestra?!

Nanami Takahashi falls for Motoharu Yano, the most popular, carefree boy in class. For Nanami, it's first love, but Yano is still grieving the death of his girlfriend who died the year before. Nanami starts high school with high hopes of making lots of friends. She develops a crush on the enigmatic...

You know, that guy... He doesn't seem to need anybody else. I don't know how to put it, but... No matter how much we talk or what we do... It doesn't reach him.

Every day, all day, I think about him. I wonder if there's a limit to love? I'm no longer able to imagine a world without him.

Don't regret. Do everything you can while you still have the chance. That's what I think it means... ...to have a "happy heart."

There's a fine line between strength and weakness. Everyone needs something to hold on to... ...just to live life.

I love you. That's why I promised myself... ...the next time we meet... I'll never let you go.

I'm 24 years old... ...but I still feel the same as I did at 17. I can feel the waves rushing toward me. This time I'm going to let the current take me. I'm going to chase after you like a child.

When you’re in love, once you hit the switch… …no one can really say… …what will truly happen. The impossible may even become possible.

Hachi's happiness with Nobu is slipping through her fingers as an unexpected complication with Takumi threatens to upend her entire life. And unlike her past romantic woes, the choice she makes now will change the lives of everyone around her.

Takumi and Hachi are getting married, but it's far from a joyous announcement. Nobu and Nana are devastated, and even Takumi's bandmates take the news hard. With paparazzi skulking around for a new scandal to exploit and tensions between Trapnest and Blast on high alert, will Hachi ever get her happily ever after?

Being engaged isn't as wonderful as Hachi thought it would be. She has a trendy new apartment, but she's isolated from all her friends and Takumi is hardly ever home. When scandal hits hard, Trapnest (and her fiancé) flee to Europe, and Hachi is left to watch Blast suffer in the scandal rags and tabloid shows.