Monster’s Bouquet

On the eve of her high school entrance ceremony, Homare steps through the doors of Sunset, a share house that will mark the start of her new life. There she encounters Yanagi, a resident whose behavior defies all expectation—a man who drifts through each day guided only by his own whims, unbound by convention or routine. For a girl standing at the threshold of an unfamiliar chapter, his unpredictable presence threatens to turn her carefully ordered world upside down. Homare's upbringing was a solitary one, and loneliness compelled her to mature long before her time. Composed and self-possessed beyond her years, she could not be more different from Yanagi, a grown man who somehow never learned to act his age. Under one roof, their mismatched temperaments spark equal parts friction and unexpected warmth. Yet slowly, something begins to stir within Homare—an emotion her hurried childhood never allowed her the chance to feel. As their days intertwine within the walls of Sunset, a tender yet endearingly awkward romance takes root between the girl who grew up too soon and the adult who never quite did.