“I’m so mad! I got all worked up for nothing!”

Chibi-chan realizes a few things about himself and Iku as he and his team prepares to rescue her and Commander Inamine. With this, will their relationship now turn for the better? Putting that aside, there’s also the deal between Iku and Hikaru. Will Iku accept his feelings for her?
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“Why, why must you sit beside me? Don’t you know the atmosphere? The atmosphere!?”

The Library Task Force is once again, confronted by the Media Improvement Committee. Days before the actual operation, they removed the only monkey woman in the team, Iku, and threw her the duty of escorting a military personnel. She found out soon that the perpetrator was no other than Lt. Chibi-chan. Without batting an eyelid, he tells Iku that she is not capable enough. To Iku’s ears, Chibi-chan wants her to back-off because she’s a nuisance. But what he does not know is that Iku is a magnet of trouble. Just when Chibi-chan is about to breathe a sigh of relief after the success of their operation, he receives a report that a group of suspicious people were after the military man Iku has to protect.
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“First thing that you did was criticize, huh?”

Iku begins her intensive training as a member of the Library Task Force under the careful eye of Lt. Chibi-chan. She hiked a mountain, jumped down from a helicopter, and as finale, punched a man dressed up as a fearsome bear. However, the training did not seem as exciting or fun as she thought it would be. Because here comes Hikari Tezuka to ruin her day. He detests her, hates her stupidity and badmouths her in-front of their superiors. What can someone like Iku do? Well, she’s determined, for one thing. Never mind the pimples for staying up late at night studying and eating chocolates. Iku will not just give up. And when a group of soldiers from the Media Improvement Act came to their library to steal some books, Iku will prove Tezuka that she is a deserving member of the Task Force. Well, she is quite the optimist.
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“An idiot shouldn’t go imitating another idiot, you idiot!”

The Media Improvement Act was passed on in 2012 (Seika era). Using the excuse of protecting human rights and preventing the youths from negative influences of media, an oppression of the freedom of expression is initiated through a special military body. Library Freedom Act is then introduced in order to fight against the Media Improvement Act. Libraries became self-governing bodies that stand against the Federal Government, through the assistance of the Library Corps. The confrontation between both parties intensified. 30 years later, the situation turned into a full-scale armed conflict.
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