The original work is one of Io Sakisaka's “Youth Trilogy” - Shining Love -. It has been serialized in - Bessatsu Margaret - since 2007 and is still very popular today. It is a super popular work that laid the foundation for the follow-up - Journey of Youth - and - Missing, Missing, Swaying, Being Swayed.

Now, this work will be adapted into a TV series for the first time and will be presented in two parts, Season 1 and Season 2.The story centers on the two protagonists and delicately depicts the youth portrait story of high school students with unrequited love and wavering emotions.

High school student Kinoshita Ninako (played by Fukumoto Riko) still doesn’t understand the feeling of love.One day, Ninako met her classmate Ren Ichinose (played by Takahashi Kyohei) on the train home and was attracted by Ren's tenderness.

Ninako, who felt as if something had stabbed her chest, fell in love with her good friend Sayuri Uehara (Nao Kosaka). She also accepted the feelings of her classmate Nagadaiki (Motoki Nakazawa), and at the same time realized that her feelings for Ren were love.Ninako made up her mind to convey her feelings to Ren, but...

Ninako confessed to Lian, but Lian refused on the grounds that she had a girlfriend, so she decided to continue being friends as before.On the other hand, Sayuri confessed to Daiki, who had an unrequited love for Ninako, but the friendship between the two became stronger.

After the summer vacation, Ninako mistakenly thought that Ren was talking to Antou Takumi (played by Yamashita Yuukiki), and Antou became interested in Ninako and took some actions.Ninako saw Ren on her way home.Ren’s girlfriend sitting next to her is Naga Mayuka (Tanabe Ririka)….

Antang's kiss on the forehead scared Ninako so much that she ran away.Although Lian came forward to hide her, he still refused to explain why he suddenly became cold.Until Ninako learned that the reason why Lian did that was just to protect her - and her “ liking” for Lian was quietly continuing to accumulate.

Later, at the invitation of Miyoshi Manabu (Nakagawa Tsubasa), Ninako and others began to work in a coffee shop run by his cousin, Miyoshi Kyouichi (Ino Hui).At the same time, Antang finally realized that he really liked Ninako and mustered up the courage to confess to her...