Hime's entire performance as the perfect princess crumbles the moment Mitsuki looks at her, and the show knows exactly what it's doing, it's systematically dismantling every saccharine yuri fantasy you thought you wanted to watch. The first three episodes are setup noise, but once the show stops performing and starts confessing, it becomes something genuinely uncomfortable: two girls who don't fit the roles they're trapped in, learning that the person who infuriates you most might be the only one who actually sees you. The early blackmail premise is contrived enough to be embarrassing, but it serves a purpose, it forces Hime to stay in a space where she has to stop lying, and that's where the real story lives.

Hime Shiraki seems like a flawless, sweet princess, but the innocence is an act she uses to win people over, with the goal of someday marrying someone rich. When she accidentally injures Mai Koshiba, the manager of Café Liebe, she ends up taking a part-time job there until Mai recovers, partly to protect that polished image. The cafe is styled as an all-girls private academy, and its staff play their roles for devoted regulars. Hime is trained by Mitsuki Yano, the elegant onee-sama of the staff, who has no patience for her and scolds her over every mistake. As Hime struggles with the work and with Mitsuki's constant hostility, her real personality starts to show, and she finds herself developing feelings she did not expect. Adapted from a yuri manga by Miman, the series mixes comedy, drama and romance.