A 16-year-old idol and his best friend spending afternoons playing video games, neither of them saying what they actually mean. When the confession comes, it's not a grand gesture. The 1989 synth-pop score wraps around every quiet moment like it's been waiting there the whole time. This is romance for people who understand that protection and violence can mean the same thing in someone's hands. Akihiko's roughness isn't softened by the end, it's just finally named for what it was.

Sixteen-year-old Kazuya Shinohara has become a hugely popular idol with a large following of female fans. When he's not rehearsing or signing autographs, he plays video games and shares meals with his classmate and friend, Akihiko Kudo, who gives him a break from his packed performance schedule. Their dynamic is complicated. Akihiko treats Kazuya more roughly than tenderly, yet he stays protective of him whenever the two argue. When a villainous entertainment agency tries to recruit Kazuya by force, Akihiko has to reconsider what Kazuya means to him, a drama and romance told in a single OVA episode.