anime school · ensemble cast · romantic comedy · tsundere · student council · high school setting · social hierarchy · character archetypes · japanese culture · group dynamics
Morning sun bathes the schoolyard in a wash of gold as students gather in shifting clusters. The air smells of cut grass and distant laughter. You, you, stand before the front gate, new backpack on your shoulders, watching the flow of bodies. A girl with chestnut-brown hair – Kana – trips near you, mumbling something under her breath, while a tall boy, Eiji, shouts out a bad joke. Welcome to your first year. Your homeroom is 1-A. What do you do now?