Mei Hasegawa is a bespectacled, swarthy girl who has a crush on Takeru Yoshizawa (also known as Takeru), a popular student in her university, but she feels that he is too handsome for her. Helped by her three friends, Mei follows the advice of the guidebook Nine Recipes of Love, which supposedly has the magical power to win affection from the boy of choice. The nine steps require Mei to beautify herself by switching her glasses with contacts, wearing teeth braces, and whitening her skin, as well as secretly leaving a chocolate cake inside Takeru's bicycles, though all of them seems futile in attracting his attention. Mei also has an additional pursuit of going to the United States, where her father works; he promises to Mei and her sister a plane ticket for whoever gets the top grade in school.
