Mashiro's after story in Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue Extra1 begins at what should be the happy ending and complicates it. She is barely passing her classes. She lost a sweets competition to Rika and Arika. Misaki and Asuka have declared themselves Masaya's lovers. Her family's udon business is in jeopardy. Then her mother Botan engineers an overnight date between Mashiro and Masaya, which requires Mashiro to train intensively in the domestic skills she has not developed. The question the extra poses is whether the courage she found in the main game is enough to get her to a genuinely happy ending, rather than just a provisional one.