Kannawa's reputation as the office ice queen is a lie she tells because talking to people terrifies her, and watching her realize Kamegawa isn't going to run away from that truth is the entire point. The romance moves at the speed of actual human connection, a shared laugh, a misread text, a moment where she forgets to be afraid. This is a show about two people figuring out that being awkward together feels less lonely than being awkward alone.

Azusa Kannawa, the ace of her company's publicity department, has an office reputation for being strict, intense and a little scary, and her coworkers find her no-nonsense manner intimidating. The truth is more embarrassing: she is simply awkward, and she covers her trouble with casual conversation by acting tough. When promising rookie Yuu Kamegawa, a cute and nerdy newcomer, joins the team, she is assigned as his mentor and is at a complete loss. Wanting to train him the way her own senior once trained her, she throws everything into teaching him the job. As the two grow closer, her guard slowly drops, feelings begin to bud, and it becomes clear that the rigid department ace may be far kinder than anyone thought. A workplace romantic comedy about the gap between a stern image and the awkward person behind it.