Hajimete wo Itadaku wa!

Karen has always prided herself on being the kind of woman other people notice—beautiful, sociable, and effortlessly at the center of university life. But lately, her confidence has been quietly eroding under the weight of an unspoken competition with another equally striking girl on campus. Every glance, every whispered comparison, every casual triumph of her rival chips away at Karen’s sense of superiority, and she finds herself fixating on one particular area where she fears she might be falling behind. In her mind, the gap between them can only be closed by one definitive experience, a step she has never taken but now feels she must. Driven by a mixture of pride and panic, Karen turns to the one person she trusts without reservation: her childhood friend. He knows her better than anyone, has seen her at her most vulnerable, and represents a safe harbor in the storm of her insecurities. She arrives at his door with a nervous resolve, convinced that surrendering her virginity to him is the quickest way to regain her footing in the rivalry that consumes her thoughts. Yet beneath her calculated determination lies a tangled knot of genuine affection, awkward hesitation, and the quiet fear that this act—so pragmatically chosen—might change everything between them in ways she has not fully considered.