Nakamura is so thoroughly, aggressively incompetent that watching him actually close the distance with Hirose feels earned instead of inevitable. The comedy doesn't punch down at him for being a klutz, it celebrates the specific disaster of a person who wants something so badly he accidentally makes it harder for himself. By the time he speaks to her, you're already rooting for him because the show spent thirteen episodes proving he's worth rooting for.

Okuto Nakamura is hopelessly smitten with Aiki Hirose, a classmate who makes his pulse race the moment Hirose walks by. There's just one problem: he's never actually spoken to Hirose, and his chronic clumsiness combined with his shy, friendless nature makes approaching his crush feel impossible. Every attempt to strike up a conversation ends in disaster. Nakamura dreams of becoming Hirose's best friend, and with the school year just beginning he has time to win Hirose over, provided his own wild delusions don't get in the way first. The result is a romantic slice-of-life comedy built on awkward, well-meaning mishaps.