A girl too proud to ask for help meets a guy who won't stop trying anyway, and twelve episodes of watching her walls crack feels like the whole point. The romance doesn't arrive as a twist or a reward at the end. It's the actual story, earned through small moments where Ririchiyo stops performing and someone is still there. By the finale, you understand why she needed to leave home: not to prove independence, but to find someone worth depending on.

Ririchiyo Shirakiin is a sheltered heiress set on proving she can manage her own life, so she moves into Maison de Ayakashi, a secluded, high-security residence. Every resident there is assigned a personal Secret Service bodyguard, and Ririchiyo turns hers down. She soon learns that the residents, herself included, are part human and part youkai. Her plan to go without protection falls apart when Soushi Miketsukami, a descendant of a nine-tailed fox, introduces himself as her agent. They have never met, yet he seems to know everything about her, insists she once saved his life, and swears to be her loyal dog. Ririchiyo's sharp tongue and poor social skills make the eccentric neighbors and the start of high school a challenge, in a supernatural romantic comedy.