Soredemo Kamawanai

When Okumura first meets his new coworker, he quickly forms a guarded opinion. To him, the newcomer appears to be someone who works diligently but cannot be fully trusted—a person whose earnest efforts are overshadowed by an underlying sense of unreliability. Okumura is determined to maintain a professional distance, convinced that his initial assessment is entirely accurate and that keeping his guard up is the only sensible approach in their shared workplace. However, as they spend more time working side by side, Okumura's carefully constructed judgment begins to unravel. Beneath the surface of this seemingly untrustworthy colleague lies an unexpected reality: he is, without question, helplessly endearing. What starts as wary observation slowly transforms into quiet fascination as Okumura realizes that every mannerism and interaction reveals a charm he never anticipated. The dilemma shifts from how to keep his distance to how to manage his growing inability to look away. Caught between his original skepticism and this undeniable appeal, Okumura finds himself navigating a confusing shift in perspective. His professional reservations steadily lose ground against a newfound affection he never saw coming, leaving him to reconcile the unreliable coworker he thought he knew with the irresistibly cute person standing right in front of him.