The year is 1991 and 6th grader Yaguchi Haruo only has video games to live for. He's not popular in school and he's neither handsome, funny, nice nor even friendly. The only thing he has going for him is that he is good at video games. One day at the local arcade, he plays Oono Akira, a fellow classmate but who's popular, smart, pretty and a rich girl that absolutely destroys him at Street Fighter II. Not only does he lose to her 30 times in a row, he can’t beat her at any game. Haruo can’t seem to shake Akira off as she follows him from arcade to arcade everyday after school and beats him every time. As weird as it sounds, the odd couple begins a strange bond and friendship.
Latarnya pada tahun 1991 di mana pelajar dari gred ke-6 Yaguchi Haruo hidup semata-mata dengan permainan. Beliau kurang popular di sekolah dan tidak kacak, lucu, baik hati, mahupun peramah orangnya. Seperkara sahaja beliau mahir dalam permainan video. Suatu hari di arked mainan setempat, beliau bertembung Oono Akira, rakan sekelas yang popular, bijak, lawa dan anak gadis kaya hapuskan dirinya bulat-bulat dalam Street Fighter II. Beliau kalah 30 kali bertubi-tubi, malah gagal menewaskan walau satu permainan pun. Haruo tak dapat hindarkan daripada Akira yang asyik mengekorinya dari satu arked ke arked saban hari lepas bersekolah dan setiap kali tumpaskannya. Meskipun pelik tampaknya, tali persahabatan dan ikatan terjalin sesama pasangan berdua ini.