Alright, gather round, because this one is a masterclass in the universe having an absolutely wicked sense of humor. Meet Kisaragi Amatsuyu—goes by Joro if you're feeling friendly—and this guy thinks he's the main character of a romance novel. Two—count 'em, TWO—beautiful women have asked to meet him alone. Cosmos, the stunning upperclassman who walks around like she's got her own theme music, and Himawari, his childhood friend who's been part of his life since they were scraping knees on the playground. Joro is practically vibrating with anticipation. He's already picked out the names for their imaginary kids. He's mentally drafting the wedding speech. This man has peaked, and the peak hasn't even happened yet.
So he struts—yes, struts—to meet each of them, probably rehearsing his suave acceptance lines in the mirror, imagining himself as the cool protagonist who gracefully receives double confessions. But then reality walks through the door and slaps him across the face with a wet fish. Neither of these women wants HIM. They both want his buddy. His friend. The guy sitting next to him in class eating chips. Suddenly, Joro isn't the romantic lead—he's the wingman who didn't even know he was auditioning for the role. The universe looked at his expectations and said, "That's adorable, but no."
Now here's where it gets genuinely hilarious. While Joro is busy drowning in the humiliation of being a human stepping stone for two crushes, there's someone else in the picture. A girl with glasses, braids, and the personality of a cactus that's been personally offended by your existence. She's gloomy, she's sharp-tongued, and she seems to derive genuine pleasure from watching Joro suffer. He can't stand her. She makes his life miserable every chance she gets. And yet—plot twist of the century—she's the only one who actually has feelings for him. The one person he can't stand is the only one who can stand him. If that's not the universe's idea of a perfect joke, I don't know what is.
This show is basically a public service announcement: be careful what you wish for, because you might get ignored by the people you want and pursued by the person you've been dodging. Joro's love life is like ordering filet mignon and getting handed a perfectly good sandwich that you keep refusing to eat because it didn't come on a fancy plate. Sometimes the best thing for you is disguised as the most annoying thing around you.
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