Welcome to the Real World, Tezuka-kun

The day Ogino Chihiro quit her job and decided to become a NEET, Tokyo was buried under heavy snow.

In the blank white of that snowy night, she met a boy.

He called himself Tezuka Kunimitsu and said he came from a world where "tennis is faith."

He had no money and no identity. He simply looked at her quietly. "May I ask where I am?"

He said that after a clap of thunder, he had found himself here.

He said he had no idea how to get back.

Chihiro's heart softened, and she took him in.

Their life together was simple and warm, but during her NEET interlude, Chihiro slowly sank deeper and deeper.

Her savings dwindled, reality kept knocking her back, and the future seemed as uncertain as the snow outside her window.

In the cracks between each other's worlds, we came to rest for a little while.

Then we became the faint lights that would never fade from the other's path.

[Reading Guide]

1. A gentle, healing story of mutual salvation and everyday life together.

2. The heroine is an ordinary 27-year-old working woman. She is not a Tezuka fan, and has a personal growth arc.

3. The romance is sweet and slow-paced, focusing on companionship and how they influence each other.

Theme: Dedicated to everyone who has lingered at a crossroads in life, but eventually found the courage to change.