Hajimete Koi wo Shita Hi ni Yomu Hanashi

Throughout high school, Junko Harumi devoted herself entirely to her studies with a single goal in mind: gaining admission to the prestigious University of Tokyo. Despite her relentless efforts, she ultimately failed her entrance exams. Forced to settle for a lesser-known university, her ambitions gradually faded. Now thirty-one years old and still unmarried, Junko works as an instructor at an unremarkable cram school. The disappointment of her derailed academic dreams has left her deeply disheartened, and her lackluster performance at work has placed her career on dangerously thin ice. With her professional life hanging by a thread and her personal prospects feeling equally bleak, Junko finds herself trapped in a cycle of stagnation and despair. Every aspect of her daily routine seems to reinforce the hopelessness of her situation. However, just when it appears that nothing will ever change, an unexpected encounter introduces a new variable into her mundane existence. A delinquent student suddenly enters her life, challenging everything she thought she knew about her circumstances. Could this unlikely individual be the catalyst that finally turns her fortunes around?