[1][2] The theme song is called "Ima wo Ikite" (今を生きて, Living in the Now) and is performed by Asian Kung-Fu Generation.

[8] The story is set in Tokyo in 1987 where Yonosuke Yokomichi has arrived from Nagasaki to study Business Administration at Hosei University.

He tells this story to a new friend, Kato, who asks him to join on a double date.

His date, Shoko Yosano, the daughter of a rich businessman, arrives in a chauffeur-driven car.

Shoko likes him and tracks him down to ask him to the pool where she introduces him to her half-brother, Katsuhiko, and his rich friends.