at the start of the series, ito miura meets the beautiful transfer student makoto amano, and the girls become instant friends. their personalities are completely different—makoto is calm, quiet, and beautifully feminine, while ito speaks, dresses, and behaves like a boy—but they share the same dream: becoming an actor. as soon as makoto gets on stage at the drama club, it is clear she has talent, enough so she is cast as juliet in the upcoming production of "romeo and juliet", opposite ito as romeo. however, makoto has a rival for the role in tsugumi nomura, an upperclassman who is obsessed with the boyish ito. worse, ito learns makoto's secret: "she" is actually a "he". makoto's strict father wants him to inherit the family dojo, and made a bet with his son—if makoto shows he has the skill to pose as a female for his last two years of high school, he can become an actor as he wishes, but if anyone discovers his gender, he must stay home and accept the dojo. ito agrees to keep makoto's secret so that he could continue with his dream.