Shunsei Ōta

Follow the unexpected romance between a new hire at a computer graphics company and a skilled designer over the course of 14 months.

After a painful breakup with her unfaithful coworker boyfriend, Maika teams up with her company’s new CEO, Shun, in a fake relationship to get revenge. With Shun looking to dodge an arranged engagement, their plan works for both—until hidden motives surface, sparking a deeper web of love, lies, and revenge.

On the 18th of January, Meguru and Mirai's wedding anniversary, Meguru falls down the emergency stairs at her workplace and dies. Mirai, overwhelmed by sadness, develops a mysterious illness as a result, which is triggered due to fluctuations in his emotions. Before he knew it, he had returned to the past to the time she was still alive. As he relives his life from this point, he discovers a side of Meguru he previously wasn't aware of, as well as relationships he had no idea about. Meanwhile, he starts to search for the real cause of Meguru's death and takes action in order to save her.

In today’s world, where the comedy boom has reached its peak, the gaze of fans filling the theatres is now focused not only on the comedians’ personas, but also on the structure of their routines, their meticulously calculated ‘boke’ (comic foil), and their masterful ‘tsukkomi’ (straight man) skills. Amongst these fervent fans, there was one woman who stood out in particular— The protagonist: Sachiko Kageyama (25). She has but one interest: the ‘skit’—the very soul of a comedian. Carrying a red notebook, she visits theatres day in, day out, dissecting manzai routines with a sharp eye reminiscent of the legendary All Kyojin. She was known as a ‘Neta-jo’—a professional skit watcher.

In a futuristic world where humans and mermaids coexist, the life of mild-mannered office worker Stephan is upended when he is suddenly proposed to by Chao — a princess from the mermaid kingdom. With no time to make sense of what's happening, Stephan soon finds himself living with the unpredictable, wholehearted Chao, and her sincere love begins to break down his emotional barriers.