Season 1
12 listed episodes · First aired January 7, 2026
Episodes
A high school girl who works at a rice ball shop and a genius novelist who is awkward when it comes to love. This is a new type of romantic comedy that will make you smile, with a pop and sweet story about two pure peop…
E2Episode 2Kurosaki (Yamanaka Jutaro) is happy to have become an "acquaintance" of Koharu (Toyoshima Hana), but his editor, Kiriya (Inaba Yu), asserts that there is zero chance they could become lovers. Shocked, Kurosaki decides t…
E3Episode 3Kurosaki (Yamanaka Jutaro), who won the Polaris Grand Prize for his latest work, confesses his feelings for Koharu (Toyoshima Hana) at the awards ceremony. Koharu is confused by the public outcry over his public confess…
E4Episode 4Feeling responsible for Kurosaki (Yamanaka Jutaro), who injured his right hand while shielding her, Koharu (Toyoshima Hana) offers to ghostwrite for him. Koharu starts visiting Kurosaki's house and gradually begins to s…
E5Episode 5Koharu (Toyoshima Hana) is uneasy when she sees a woman holding Kurosaki (Yamanaka Jutaro) arm in arm, and is distracted even at work. When she visits the filming location of a movie with a rice ball as a gift from Kiri…
E6Episode 6Kurosaki (Yamanaka Jutaro) is rumored to be intimate with popular actress Arisugawa Rei (Ishikawa Ren). Koharu (Toyoshima Hana) is depressed, thinking she is no match for Kurosaki, who lives in a glamorous world, but Re…
E7Episode 7Realizing that it's her first love, Koharu (Toyoshima Hana) gathers up the courage to ask Kurosaki (Yamanaka Jutaro) out on a date. After making some homemade chocolates and deciding to confess her feelings, she heads t…
E8Episode 8Koharu (Toyoshima Hana) is surprised to learn that Yuio (Onishi Riku) is actually Kurosaki's (Yamanaka Jutaro) younger brother. Kurosaki is also upset to learn that Yuio is working part-time at Shirase. One day, Yuio ac…
E9Episode 9Yuio invites Koharu to Kurosaki’s autograph event. When a college senior harasses him near the venue, Koharu steps in to protect him, leaving Yuio to realize that his feelings for her may be beginning to change.
E10Episode 10Jealous of Koharu growing closer to Yuio through their tutoring sessions, Kurosaki secretly follows them on a trip to buy textbooks. Frustrated by his inability to express his true feelings, Koharu begins to question wh…
E11Episode 11Yuio finally confesses his feelings to Koharu, but she gently rejects him, admitting her heart belongs to Kurosaki. Hurt and desperate, Yuio lashes out—until Kurosaki appears, leading to a tense and long-awaited confron…
E12Episode 12Filled with regret, Kurosaki decides to distance himself from Koharu, but his actions are misunderstood as rejection. As their feelings drift apart, Koharu reflects on her future and family before finally meeting Kurosa…