The story is based around Yamato Akitsuki, a young man from rural Hiroshima Prefecture moving to the big city of Tokyo, and his new next-door neighbor, Suzuka Asahina, a skilled high jumper.

Yamato falls in love with Suzuka and pursuing a relationship with her he joins the track and field team hoping to impress her.

Suzuka's character-driven plot predominantly makes use of dramatic structure to facilitate character development.

Some events covered in the story are: track competitions, vacations, culture festivals, and outings to a karaoke box and a theme park.

Yamato Akitsuki, the main protagonist of the series, has moved from his home in the Hiroshima Prefecture to stay at his aunt's dormitory in Tokyo.

For the North American release, FUNimation had the opening and ending songs re-written and performed in English by Kristine Sa.

It contained three short stories written by Ayuna Fujisaki with illustrations done by the series creator, Kōji Seo.

According to Kouji Seo, Suzuka was to be a romance story from the beginning, and he had no intention of creating a harem manga.

[19] Since the North American version is uncensored, this caused the manga to be rated "Mature" and sold in shrink wrap.

[17] Kouji Seo pays attention to detail which can be seen in the clothing that gives off the sensation they are made out of different material along with the reflections in the windows during the nighttime.

The anime has been described as having "all the trappings of a standard high school romantic comedy",[23] but lacks the spirit and craftsmanship of the manga.

[2][26] The voice actors performances are considered to be mundane and sound rather flat, in both Japanese and English languages.