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Spending all her time working at a part-time job, 16-year-old Kyoko holds a huge secret; passionately believing in her childhood friend, Shotaro, Kyoko devotes her life to him and moves with him to Tokyo.

After being tricked by Sho, Kyoko decides to seek revenge on him by also entering the entertainment world; Kyoko heads to Sho's rival production company, LME, where she meets Ren Tsuruga.

Kyoko decides to apply for LME's newcomer auditions; the judges and participants are shocked at the announcement of her astonishing secret techniques with a basic kitchen knife, and she passes the first round.

Kyoko receives a vital piece of advice, that the actor's most important tool is to lack fear, as she fails the audition; in need of work, she takes up a part-time job working at a gas station.

In order to get back to the original, selfless Kyoko, she must participate in LME's love me campaign, whereby she must help others and do good.

After injuring her foot and having Ren help her, Kyoko incurs the wrath and jealousy of Ruriko; Ruriko becomes determined to break Kyoko and challenges her to act.