Benjamin Herrmann is a cynical loner, cold and close-minded. However, that won't help him as his mother secretly signs him up for a student exchange program. Now he must spend a year in Japan, at the Tatsuya High School finishing a checklist that needs him to be the exact opposite of himself.
On arrival he meets his assisting student: Mizuho Sakiyurai. She makes it their mission to finish the list by the end of the year and tries to break down the walls around her new friend from the west.
Benjamin Herrmann is a cynical loner, cold and close-minded. However, that won't help him as his mother secretly signs him up for a student exchange program. Now he must spend a year in Japan, at the Tatsuya High School finishing a checklist that needs him to be the exact opposite of himself.
On arrival he meets his assisting student: Mizuho Sakiyurai. She makes it their mission to finish the list by the end of the year and tries to break down the walls around her new friend from the west.
Cynical and apathetic german high school student Benjamin must write an essay about the importance of being yourself. Yet it seems whatever he wrote down didn't meet up with his teacher's expectations...
Benjamin and Ms. Schulz discuss their opinions about the essay. Yet no matter how hard she tries to convince Benjamin to rethink his stance on life, it shows that her attempts are futile... But Ms. Schulz seems to have one last ace up her sleeve...
After a long and pointless debate with his teacher, Benjamin joins his friends outside. Upon arriving, he learns about a certain rumor that has been going around the Rheingard Private School... An opportunity that could be quite beneficial for certain people...
Benjamin is promptly called to the principal's office for an important information, it would seem that he got signed up for a student exchange program! Poor Benjamin must now deal with that information by mumbling how dreadful his life is. Ms. Schulz still believes that Benjamin can change his view on life...But he will need some help in doing so...
Benjamin arrives at home trying to make sense of what just occurred. While the family assistant Tony prepares dinner, Benjamin tries to get answers from his mother Noriko. While they argue they get another surprise incoming...
Benjamin starts his first day at Tatsuya High. The only foreign student makes him stand out nearly wherever he goes, which is why he decides to do everything in his power to remain a nobody while in Japan.
But it seems as if a girl wearing a blue ribbon has something to say about that...