“I don’t want to quit. I don’t want to give up.” “It may not be possible now, but there will come a day when it will be.”
“Hey, hey in the end, who was the girl Setoyama liked?” “The girl who commented on the desk.”
“It started out as a message on my desk. Those words..I wanted to keep going. The moment I realized I got it wrong, I regretted it to death. But I didn’t want to stop. Your words have saved me all this time.”
“For example, why don’t you try putting into words what you’re thinking right now? Write down what you like, what’s troubling you, in a notebook, and those words will give you strength. What’s important…is that you don’t lie about how you feel.”
Nozomi Kuroda (Hiyori Sakurada) is in the 2nd grade of high school. One day, she finds a letter in a classroom desk. The letter has only the word "like" written on it. The person who wrote the letter is Jun Setoyama (Fumiya Takahashi). He happens to be the most popular boy at the high school. Nozomi Kuroda feels embarrassed, but she eventually leaves a reply in a shoe closet at school. This is how their secret exchange diary begins. Nozomi Kuroda soon learns that the intended recipient for the first letter was her best friend. Nevertheless, Nozomi Kuroda is attracted to Jun Setoyama, who expresses his thoughts and feelings unlike her. She's unable to tell him the truth that the person exchanging messages is her and not her best friend.
Based on novel "Kokan Uso Nikki" by Iiyo Sakura (published August 28, 2017 by Starts Publishing).