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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 so he could become a pop star. But all that comes to an abrupt end when she finds out the awful truth...

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. Although her audition did not go as well as she had hoped, Kyoko vowed: "never give up." However, why is Kyoko's new friend, Ren furious at her after she tells him about her plan for revenge?

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. During the second round she has to react to a phone call. Yet, she reacts very unexpectedly, prompting her to wonder if this was the right emotion to show.

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. But just as she starts working there, Sho appears! Fearing the worst, Kyoko hopes he won't notice her...

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. As this wears her out and starts to bring her down, pop idol Ruriko Matsunai at LME offers her this job: "Protect me from the sun." It seems impossible to Kyoko...will she be able to handle it?

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, prompting Kyoko's first break into show business. But with Kyoko's injured foot, will she be able to take advantage of this chance?