Zero Count

Tokieda Nao’s life takes an unexpected turn when she discovers her father has arranged a marriage to save his struggling company. Her new fiancé is the son of a wealthy man, but Nao has no idea who he actually is. To complicate matters, she has just enrolled in a new high school. Having previously attended all-girls institutions, she now finds herself in a formerly all-boys academy where the student body is overwhelmingly male. She knows only that her betrothed attends this very school, leaving her to navigate unfamiliar social dynamics while secretly searching for him. On her first day, Nao encounters two intriguing classmates: the brooding Sakaki Mitsuru and the strikingly beautiful Toono Minori, whom she initially mistakes for a girl. Determined to uncover her fiancé’s identity, Nao relies on five cryptic clues—he shares the initial “M,” bears a mole near his hip and a flower-shaped birthmark, met her during childhood, and suffers from a fear of heights. As she cheerfully pieces together the mystery, multiple boys begin matching her criteria, turning her search into a delightful puzzle where nothing is quite as it seems.