Mei's wall doesn't crumble because Yamato is perfect, it crumbles because he's patient enough to wait for her to choose him. The show lives in that space between her fear and his certainty, and it finds something real there that most shoujo refuses to earn. By the end you're not watching a love story solve itself; you're watching two people actually learn how to stay.

Mei Tachibana learned long ago that isolation is safer than trust. After friends in grade school wrongly blamed her for the death of a class pet, she stopped making friends altogether and kept everyone at a distance. Her careful solitude holds until she accidentally injures Yamato Kurosawa, the most popular boy at her high school. Charming and persistent, he takes an interest in her and declares himself her friend, even though she wants nothing to do with him. When a stalker's unwanted attention puts her in danger, Yamato kisses her to shield her, and Mei begins to fall for him. Dating Yamato brings her not only a boyfriend but new friends too, yet she struggles to adjust and to say what she really feels. Misunderstandings, other girls and old betrayals test them both as they slowly grow closer in this romantic drama.