Akane Nishimura's reserved demeanor causes her peers to view her as a bleak and unlikable figure. Together with her piercing stare, this earns her the foreboding label "Grim Reaper," subjecting her to relentless taunts over alleged cursed abilities that supposedly doom those nearby.
Yet these tales do not stop incoming student Taiyou Takada from seeking friendship with Akane. A lover of the supernatural, Taiyou greets the Grim Reaper without pause, blissfully ignorant of the class"s tangled dynamics. His sunny disposition and hopeful outlook might just deliver the transformation Akane so urgently craves.
