Transferring to a school out of country is already crazy enough. Transferring just to meet your idol is insane behavior. A high jumper, too. Not even your standard idol, but just a really, really good athlete in what most would consider to be a niche sport. Look, no insult to any high jumper out there, but you’re obviously not competing with, say, baseball or soccer. When’s the last time I even watched an anime about high jumpers? Suzuka? Christ, that was two decades ago. Point is, I would have my kid committed to a mental facility if they suggested something as batshit crazy as crossing the largest ocean on the planet just to get closer to a boy. But that’s exactly what our protagonist Mizuki does, and her bestie is just so blase about it.
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