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Some romance stories are remembered because they are sweet. WHITE ALBUM2 is remembered because it hurts.

At first glance, it sounds like a fairly normal school romance. Haruki Kitahara is a student trying to keep his music club alive long enough to perform at the school festival. One day, his rough guitar practice is joined by a beautiful singing voice and a flowing piano melody and that small moment becomes the beginning of a three-person bond between Haruki, Setsuna Ogiso, and Kazusa Touma.

WHITE ALBUM2 is not famous because it has the flashiest premise. It is famous because it takes something simple, three young people making music together and falling in love and follows the emotional consequences with terrifying precision. The story begins with practice rooms, school festival pressure, awkward friendship and the thrill of a performance coming together. Then, little by little, every warm memory becomes something sharper. The song, the stage, the winter scenery, the promises people cannot keep, it all starts to feel beautiful and painful at the same time.

The series originally comes from Leaf and Aquaplus’ visual novel world, with WHITE ALBUM2 Shiawase no Mukougawa serving as the PS3 complete version that combined the earlier PC releases into one release with additional material. For anime fans, the 2013 TV adaptation covers the opening stretch of the story but visual novel fans know that is only the beginning. The full work is much larger, heavier, and more emotionally complicated than the anime alone can suggest.

Setsuna Ogiso is a third-year student at Houjou High School, a two-time Miss Houjou winner, and essentially the school idol: popular, beautiful, friendly, and easy to admire from a distance. But her pleasant, harmless attitude is not the whole truth. She wants warmth. She wants connection. She wants the three of them to stay together. But beneath the perfect smile is someone much more anxious, lonely, and desperate to protect the happiness she finally found.

Kazusa Touma is almost her complete opposite. She is a habitual oversleeper whose sharp, isolated attitude keeps nearly everyone at a distance. But of course, that distance is the point. Kazusa is the unreachable one: brilliant at the piano, emotionally clumsy, proud, lonely and terrible at saying what she actually means until it is much too late. If Setsuna is the voice that pulls the group into the light, Kazusa is the melody behind the wall. Together, they are not just rival heroines. They are the emotional structure of the entire story.

Which brings us to MAGI ARTS’ new Reunion figures. The source illustration that the figures are based on is Takeshi Nakamura’s newly drawn reunion illustration, which was tied to the WHITE ALBUM2 School Festival 2023, a live talk show and music event.

Setsuna’s figure is posed with a microphone in hand, smiling as she sings, capturing that youthful stage moment. For most idol-style figures, that would be enough: cute girl, microphone, bright expression. But with Setsuna, the smile carries extra weight. Her entire character is tied to the desire to keep everyone together, to make the moment beautiful enough that no one wants to leave it.

Kazusa’s figure, naturally, needs to do something different. Where Setsuna’s appeal comes from singing outward, Kazusa’s comes from music turned inward. She is the one whose emotions come through most honestly when her mouth is not involved. A Kazusa stage figure has to sell coolness, distance, and intensity without making her look lifeless. She should not feel like a conventional idol next to Setsuna. She should have a presence completely of her own.

Big time fans probably feel compelled to display the two together. Separately, they are strong character figures. Together, they become a WHITE ALBUM2 scene. For a series built around a trio, it is funny how powerful a two-figure display can be. You do not need Haruki to feel the dynamic between them.

The figures alone look great but the added record base and effects help capture that nostalgic feeling they were going for.

Ultimately, these reunion figures serve as a poignant tribute to the enduring emotional legacy of WHITE ALBUM2. They capture Setsuna and Kazusa not just as idols, but as the two halves of a story defined by longing and the bittersweet beauty of a bond that refuses to fade. For fans looking to add to their collection, these figures take their reunion and make it just as striking on the shelf, as they were in the visual novel.

You can pre-order Setsuna and Kazusa today ahead of their 2027 release!

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