
嘘からはじまる、ずっとの恋
Sworn rivals. One fake romance. Zero chance of falling.
On one narrow shopping street, pastel dessert café Sugarcloud and moody espresso bar Kuro have waged a petty chalkboard war for two years. When her flawless sister gets engaged and the meddling aunts demand a boyfriend, Mina Aoki blurts that she is dating someone across the street, and rival barista Daichi Kuroda offers to play the part for the price of her secret croissant recipe. Practising to be a couple, the two enemies start to find out who is really behind the chalkboard insults.

Mina Aoki
Sugarcloud café owner
A bright, stubborn pastry chef with a strawberry-pink bun who blushes fast, bluffs faster and guards her secret croissant recipe with her life.

Daichi Kuroda
Rival espresso bar owner
The cool, smug owner of Kuro across the street, whose dry wit hides a gentle streak and a suspiciously detailed knowledge of Mina's mornings.

Rika Aoki
Flawless older sister
Mina's elegant, newly engaged older sister, so kind and effortlessly perfect that her sympathy stings more than any insult.

Sho Mori
Deadpan barista
Daichi's unflappable barista at Kuro, who sees everything and sums it up in one flat sentence.