Confident fourth-grader Fujino draws a four-panel manga for her school's class newspaper and earns theadmiration of her classmates.
One day, however, she comes across a manga by Kyomoto, a classmate who has stopped attending school, published in that same newspaper — and is completely floored by her overwhelming talent. From then on, driven by a single-minded desire to improve, Fujino keeps drawing, but she cannot close the gap between them, and eventually gives up drawing altogether.
On graduation day, Fujino visits Kyomoto's house to deliver her diploma, and discovers that Kyomoto has been a devoted fan of her manga all along. 
Bound together by their shared passion for manga, the two begin drawing manga together. As Fujino and Kyomoto spend irreplaceable days together, an unexpected event happens that will change their lives forever.