The unusual coming-of-age romantic comedy "We Never Learn" (Kimi to Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare), featuring two heroines and two protagonists, is abbreviated to "FuriFura"! It has become a hot topic since it was announced that it will be made into both a live-action and an animated film in 2020!In this article, we will introduce the bittersweet story of "FuriFura"! This article contains spoilers, but rest assured that the thrilling plot will be just as exciting as the original.
The theme of [FuriFura] is, "I wish there was a way for everyone to be happy!"
As one incident after another unfolds, you'll be left wanting more. If you're planning on checking out the original before the movie comes out, be warned: you'll probably end up reading it all in one go!
A quick introduction to the four main characters!
Before we get into the plot, let's first briefly introduce the main characters! We'd like you to get to know the unique and charming characters, Yuna Ichihara, Akari Yamamoto, Rio Yamamoto, and Kazuomi Inui.
Yuna Ichihara
Yuna's first love was a "prince in a picture book," but she's still an innocent girl who hasn't had a proper first love experience. She loves shojo manga and is a romantic, so she tends to dream about love. Yuna and Kazuomi have lived in the same apartment building since they were little, and although they are childhood friends, they don't seem to have any romantic feelings for each other. She's the type who doesn't stand out in class.
Yamamoto Akari
A girl who moved into the same apartment building as Yuna. Rio and Yuna are not actually siblings; their parents remarried, making them siblings. They were originally middle school classmates. She's very romantically active and enjoys the "game of love" of confirming feelings with someone she's interested in. However, because her mother has been married and divorced many times, she has become overly considerate and has developed a tendency to "not express her feelings at important times."
Yamamoto Rio
Akari's stepbrother, a boy who moved into the same apartment building as Yuna. He seems handsome and playful, but in reality, he's looking for a "love" that goes beyond the "one-time, true love" he never even got to express his feelings to. He's extremely popular, so girls confess their feelings to him all the time. While you might think he's used to being around girls, he also has a surprisingly innocent side.
Inui Kazuomi
A childhood friend of Yuna's, he lives in the same apartment building. He has a carefree and honest personality, and speaks his mind. This personality often leads Akari to feel pressured by Kazuomi, but at the same time, she finds herself drawn to him. While he's not the type to stand out in class, he's actually quite handsome. He loves movies and wants to work in the film industry, but for certain reasons, he can't tell his family.
The fateful day when the four of them cross paths!
One spring day, Yuna Ichihara headed to the station to see off her childhood friend, Sacchan. As she was walking absentmindedly, Yuna was suddenly grabbed by the shoulder. When she turned around, she saw a handsome man who looked just like her first love, the "Prince of a Picture Book," standing there, and he said to her, "Poop!" It was a shocking encounter. It was Rio Yamamoto. Yuna was walking absentmindedly and was about to step in dog poop, and Rio warned her, "If you keep walking, you'll step in it." It was truly a shocking encounter!
Shocked, Yuna arrives at the station, and suddenly feels another grab on the shoulder. This time it's Rio's older sister, Yamamoto Akari. Despite having come to see off a loved one, Akari has forgotten her wallet and asks Yuna, who seems easy to talk to, to lend her 1,000 yen. It's another shocking encounter. Incidentally, it is later revealed that Inui Kazuomi, another main character and Yuna's childhood friend, had seen Akari rushing to the station! This very day was to be the fateful day for the four of them.
The four of them are living under the same roof! And little by little, their feelings of love begin to grow...
Akari and Rio move into the apartment where Yuna and Kazuomi live. Despite their polar opposite values regarding romance, Yuna and Akari discover each other's differences and grow closer. Yuna is drawn to Rio, who resembles the prince from her first love story. With Akari's help, the two begin to grow closer, but...
Meanwhile, Akari is dumped by Ryosuke, her boyfriend since middle school. Unable to express her feelings effectively at important times, Akari acts tough in front of Yuna and everyone else, but Kazuomi saw her crying.
Yuna's "First Love, Guaranteed to End in Heartbreak"
Rio was Yuna's first love, and Yuna, who is too shy when it comes to love, is feeling her way around. Thanks to Akari's help, Yuna and Rio attend a study session. As they talk, she realizes that Akari is the person Rio had his "one and only true love." Yuna can't help but wonder how Rio feels now... When they're alone, she asks him how he feels, but he simply replies, "I don't know." Seeing Rio's expression, Yuna immediately regrets asking the question...
"So you dumped me." Yuna's first confession...
After finding out who Rio likes, Yuna is told that even if she knows Rio will dump her, she should confess to him if she can. Yuna then asks Rio to tell her how she feels and dump her, so that she can be a friend who listens to his troubles. After being dumped by Rio, Yuna tells Akari how she was dumped and cries for a while, but this is where Yuna's transformation begins!
Akari is drawn to Kazuomi.
While Yuna was rejected by Rio, Akari is drawn to Kazuomi's casual kindness and the way he always says what she wants. Until now, Akari had been playing love games and falling for him first, but Kazuomi's honesty didn't work on her, and she unknowingly fell for him. However, when Rio realized that Akari was truly in love, he could no longer contain his feelings for her, which he had been suppressing until then. And so, Rio kissed Akari...
Akari confesses her feelings to Kazuomi?! The answer is...
Akari believes Kazuomi likes her and makes a bold confession. However, Kazuomi rejects her, saying, "I'm sorry... I don't like you or anything." In fact, Kazuomi accidentally saw Rio kissing Akari, and because Rio likes her, he also likes Akari, but he thought he shouldn't accept her confession. What a misunderstanding...
Yuna and Rio's romance begins at the school festival!
Yuna and Akari were both rejected once, but their love didn't end there. Meanwhile, the school festival begins. At Yuna's school, many boys go up to the girls they like and ask them to be their folk dancing partners at the after-school party, which creates an atmosphere that "inviting someone to folk dancing = confessing your feelings."
So Yuna decides to tell Rio how she feels again, this time with a changed personality! Meanwhile, thanks to Yuna, Rio is finally able to sort out his feelings for Akari and realizes that he likes Yuna. However, Rio's friend, Agatsuma, has also fallen in love with Yuna and has decided to confess his feelings to her at the school festival. What will Rio do?
There's tension between Akari and Kazuomi...
Ever since Akari was dumped by Kazuomi at the summer festival, things have been a little strained between the two... However, Akari and Kazuomi end up in the same group at the school festival. Akari, desperate to continue treating Kazuomi like she always did, overemphasizes during the festival preparations that "it's okay because I'm quick to move on." This leaves Kazuomi feeling frustrated, even though he actually likes Akari but turned her down for Rio's sake... Then, when he sees a call from Akari's ex-boyfriend on her phone, he can't contain his frustration and kisses her!
Kazuomi in trouble! Akari's ex-boyfriend, Ryosuke, makes his appearance!
After learning that Rio had fallen in love with Yuna at the school festival, Kazuomi no longer needs to suppress his feelings for Akari! Meanwhile, Ryosuke, Akari's ex-boyfriend, who had been in frequent contact with her since before the festival, is gradually escalating his advances. However, Kazuomi has decided that once he has told his family about his future dreams, he will also tell Akari how he feels about her... Ryosuke, who has found out about Kazuomi's existence, pushes him hard... Who will Akari choose?
Synopsis Summary
"FuriFura" is a story about four main characters who each have their own feelings, and while they may reject or be rejected, they face their own "love" and grow as they go! This article introduced the general story of "FuriFura," but there's much more to discover by reading the original manga. We encourage you to give "FuriFura" a read and experience the thrill of your heart!
