Fourth-grader Ayumu Fujino regularly draws four-panel manga for her school newspaper and is praised for having the best artwork in her class. One day, her teacher asks her to give one of her manga slots in the school newspaper to a truant student named Kyoumoto. When Kyoumoto's manga appears alongside Fujino's, it receives high praise for its detailed artwork, making Fujino furiously jealous. Refusing to be beaten by someone who barely attends school, Fujino devotes herself to learning to create manga. As time goes on, however, her goal of outshining Kyoumoto seems to only get further and further away; and Fujino, now in sixth grade, eventually gives up and quits making manga. Graduation day arrives, and Fujino is asked to deliver Kyoumoto's graduation certificate to her. Through chance, the two end up coming face to face, and their unexpected meeting will end up having consequences far beyond what either of them could ever predict.