The release date for the English version of 'Mars, Vol. 1' by
Fuyumi Soryo is Apr 2002. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Before a terrible day unites introverted Kira and popular Rei, they are quite different people. When Rei finds Kira being harassed by her shady art instructor, she intervenes to help the shy kid. Kira becomes captivated by the jock's kissing of a statue of Mars in the studio, to the point that she is brave enough to ask him to be her model!