Futaba often shied away from boys, writing them off as crude, rough, and vulgar all except the mild-voiced, small-built, Kou. They shared a brief attraction to each other.
One day, Kou suddenly moved away without any notice leaving behind a stunned Futaba.
Futaba's life took a drastic turn after Kou's departure—the other boys started to take notice of Futaba's flawless face, alienating her from the rest of the girls. They began to hate Futaba and blame her eventually exiling her all together. Now in high school, Futaba is determined to not be too girly in order to avoid a repetition of what happened in her middle school years.
