Lovely Complex

Risa Koizumi and Atsushi Ootani are both hunting for romance in high school, but their height difference makes it harder than either expected—Koizumi stands 172 cm, while Ootani is 156 cm. Their luck worsens when the people they like end up falling for each other, leaving the two of them equal parts embarrassed and disappointed. With their sharp back-and-forth and contrasting statures, even their homeroom teacher treats them like a ready-made comedy act, and classmates start viewing their constant bickering as a kind of routine.

Lovely Complex traces how Koizumi and Ootani begin supporting one another in love and gradually grow into close friends. Beneath the noisy arguments and misunderstandings, they discover they share the same tastes in music and fashion—hinting that their “mismatched” pairing might have more potential than either of them wants to admit.