SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary

Takahiko Urino, a first-year student, dreams of writing something unique for his school’s paper, Furnado Monthly. With encouragement from his girlfriend, Yuki Osanai-a seemingly ordinary second-year-he persuades the newspaper club to let him investigate a strange story. A series of small fires has turned into deliberate arson, and Urino plans to predict the next targets and uncover the arsonist. But his growing obsession starts to harm the club’s reputation, and Osanai isn’t pleased with his rising arrogance. Elsewhere, Jougorou Kobato, another student who appears unremarkable, passes quiet days with his girlfriend, Tokiko Nakamaru. But when he witnesses a fire connected to an old case-and to Osanai-he finds himself drawn back into his former, far-from-ordinary ways as he searches for answers.