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“High school girl's Kyoto trip sparks first love with popular boy haunted by past relationship.”
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High school girl's Kyoto trip sparks first love with popular boy haunted by past relationship.
Harada Kusuko is a high school girl harboring a quiet crush on her classmate Mishima Takeshi, known for his popularity with girls. When circumstances bring them together for their class trip to Kyoto, Kusuko finds herself unexpectedly close to the boy she's admired from afar. However, Mishima carries emotional baggage from a complicated past connection that continues to influence his present relationships. As their tentative bond develops, they must navigate the challenges of young love, peer dynamics, and personal struggles that test their understanding of what it means to truly care for someone. This coming-of-age story explores the bittersweet nature of first love and the difficult choices that shape who we become.
Harada Kusuko is a high school girl with a secret crush on the class playboy, Mishima Takeshi. After breaking up with his most recent girlfriend, Mishima asks Kusuko to be his date for the class trip to Kyoto. She's over the moon, but in fact, Mishima is hung up on Shouko, his middle school teacher. Despite the age gap (and general inappropriateness of the relationship), Mishima still sees Shouko, whose marriage is disintegrating. His friend and loyal wingman, Kotaro, openly disapproves of this connection. As the emotional tensions mount, Mishima becomes involved in fights with other boys, and eventually, he's expelled from school. Feeling like he's been a complete jerk, Mishima breaks up with Kusuko and drops out of her life. Will true love find a way? (Source: Orphan Fansubs)
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-1914
- Format
- 1 × 31′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 0h 31m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Jun 1993 – Jun 1993
- Spring 1993
- Source
- Ova
- media type
- Rated
- PG
- 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref.
- BS-1914
- catalog