Futaba and Kou before the hurt, before the distance, before any of it got complicated. This is what the main series earned you the right to see. Twenty-three minutes of pure affection, no plot getting in the way, just two people figuring out what it means to like someone when everything still feels possible.

Before the main story, Futaba Yoshioka and Kou Tanaka are two middle school students. Futaba finds boys loud and irritating, but Kou, from the class next to hers, seems unlike the rest. Their frequent run-ins bring shy looks and clumsy exchanges, and Futaba, new to romance, cannot tell what her growing feelings mean. This gentle romance OVA adapts the manga's prologue chapter.