Ryuuji Takasu may appear to be a thug, but he is actually a kind person. It is difficult to make friends when you have an unintentionally intimidating face—and do not even ask him about girlfriends. However, with a secret crush in his class, the beginning of his second year of high school is going well... until he encounters Taiga Aisaka. Beautiful, frightening, and standing not quite five feet tall, the girl known as the Palmtop Tiger is the only person at school even scarier than Ryuuji himself—and he has just made the mistake of making her extremely angry.