Kore ga Koi to Iu naraba

For as long as she can remember, the protagonist has lived in the overwhelming shadow of her flawless older sister. Constantly measured against a standard of perfection she feels she can never reach, she struggles with the exhausting reality that everyone around her seems to prefer her sibling. Frustrated by the endless comparisons and desperate to carve out an identity entirely her own, she decides to escape the familiar expectations of home by enrolling in a high school located far away from everything she knows. She hopes that this distant campus will finally offer her a fresh start—a place where no one knows about her perfect sister, and where she can simply be herself without the burden of constant judgment. However, shortly after arriving at her new school and beginning to settle into this unfamiliar environment, an unexpected event occurs that completely disrupts her plans for a quiet, independent life. What begins as a simple attempt to run away from comparison soon transforms into something far more complicated, forcing her to confront unforeseen challenges in a setting where she thought she would finally be free.