Tsukasa Akeuraji never intended to become an ice dancer when he entered the world of figure skating. Yet, that is where he found himself, having "started too late" to pursue his original dream of solo skating. For years, he accepted being a shadow of his past ambitions—until he encountered a young girl who reminded him of himself. Inori Yuitsuka, a fifth-grader so eager to skate that she trained in secret, had come to Tsukasa's rink with her mother to request lessons. Everyone around her had labeled her useless, insisting it was "too late" for her to start and that catching up to other skaters was impossible. Driven by a renewed resolve and a refusal to let another passionate skater suffer the same fate, Tsukasa takes on the duty of coaching her and vows to turn Inori into a medalist.