The government tells you who to marry at sixteen, and the show doesn't waste time on the premise, it cuts straight to the actual question: does choosing someone yourself mean anything if you're already bound to someone else? Yukari's caught between the girl he picked and the girl he was assigned, and neither choice feels like love because the deck is rigged from the start. The show lands emotional gut-punches because it understands that forcing a decision doesn't make it yours, no matter how much you want it to be.

Yukari Nejima lives in a near-future Japan where the government decides who you marry at sixteen, and defying the match carries harsh penalties. A self-described average teen who ranks below the middle in grades and sports, he finally confesses to Misaki Takasaki, his longtime crush, on the eve of his sixteenth birthday. After some hesitation, she returns his feelings. Before they can go further, his marriage notice arrives, pairing him with Ririna Sanada instead. Ririna is far from thrilled with the match, yet she grows fascinated by his forbidden romance, and Yukari is caught in a tangle of love and lies. Now he must weigh the girl he has always loved against the partner the state chose for him. This is a romantic drama about what love means when the choice is made for you.