Takashi Mikami, a University of Tokyo graduate, joins the Ministry of Education to reform Japan's education but is disillusioned by its reality. Transferred to a private high school, he takes a stand against the authorities, using his role as a teacher to push for change.

Yuzuhara Miku is a temporary employee who works for a reception desk at a department store. She has low self-confidence and worries about what others think of her, but she is clueless when it comes to makeup. Her elite lawyer boyfriend, Haruhisa, however, constantly tells her he prefers seeing her that way, so she wears minimal makeup because he favours her “modest” look.