The story unfolds when Kimoto Mariko, a 35-year-old freelance writer who has always told herself that "love and marriage can wait," spends a passionate night with Koki Morihara, a chef at a small restaurant she happens to visit. She intended it to be a one-night stand, but the two coincidentally meet again at a work assignment. Mariko finds herself swept away by Koki's straightforward approach. His unexpected words, "Be my girlfriend," gently knock on the door she had kept closed for so long.
Aliases
- I'm 35, There's No Way I'm in Love Now