Annotation: "Hachiman Hikigaya is a cynic. He believes "youth" is a crock--a sucker's game, an illusion woven from failure and hypocrisy. But when he turns in an essay for a school assignment espousing this view, he's sentenced to work in the Service Club, an organization dedicated to helping students with problems! Worse, the only other member of the club is the haughty Yukino Yukinoshita, a girl with beauty, brains, and the personality of a garbage fire. How will Hachiman, the Cynic cope with a job that requires--gasp!--social skills?"--Page [4] of cover.