Tomomi Mochizuki directs this Japanese animated feature based on the novel by Saeko Himuro. The film follows Taku (voice of Nobuo Tobita), a young Japanese high school student whose life is turned upside down by the arrival from Tokyo of mysterious new girl Rikako (Yoko Sakamoto). Despite Rikakos insistence on keeping her distance from her new classmates, Tako finds himself falling for her as circumstances conspire to bring them together during a school trip to Hawaii. However, things soon become complicated when it emerges that Tako has a rival for Rikakos affections in the form of his close friend Yutaka (Toshihiko Seki).