The protagonists of the anime are Ritsu Onodera and Masamune Takano. Ritsu works as an editor in his father’s publishing company. He is quite good at his job, but still, people think that he has the job because his father is the owner.
When he can no longer bear the jealous attitudes of his co-workers, he decides to quit his job and join another publishing company to prove his worth. He applies for a job in the Marukawa publishing company and hopes to get a position in the literary section. He does get a job at the literary section, but it turns out he has been put in the shoujo manga department.
