Xiao Wanzi, who is in Class 2 of Grade 3, is always worried about unwritten homework and unpalatable green peppers, but she does not realize that the eyes of the short-haired boy on the basketball court always linger on her when she is distracted.
Ohno Kenichi, the athletic boy who was known as the "Two Handsome Boys in the Class" together with Sugiyama, would hand her a tissue when she was burned by the meatball soup, and would tilt half of the umbrella towards her when she forgot to bring her umbrella.
In the spring when cherry blossoms are falling all over the campus, the secret love between the carefree Maruko and the slightly arrogant Ohno, hidden between homework books and basketball, is slowly sprouting.
Purpose: Break the friendship setting of the original work and use a campus story of two-way secret love to show the heartbeat of contrasts: the two-way rush between a confused and ordinary little girl and a dazzling boy. Expressing love has nothing to do with excellence or lack thereof. Ordinary people also deserve to be quietly cherished and favored for a long time.