Tomo is a loud masc lesbian and the star of the volleyball team. She meets Kana on the first day of high school. They are both outsiders in their sexual orientation and their gender identity, but in spite of this, or because of it, they hit it off right away.
At school, they meet a kindred spirit in Mandy, their English teacher, who hails from Samoa and advertises her lesbianism with a rainbow badge pinned to her chest. Kana and Tomo join her to bring a disparate queer community closer, by attempting to set up a queer club at the school. But the idea is rebuffed by their homophobic principal. Mandy is undeterred, and in defiance, they establish an online webpage instead. It’s immediately popular, which surprises Mandy. Her image of Japan as a rather conservative place was shattered by the reality. Love hotels dot the quiet suburbs. Manga tomes feature every possible permutation of gender and sexuality. TV abounds with queer celebrities, and even governments have a smattering of transgender representatives. The missionaries clearly failed here.
But it’s not all good news. Tragedy strikes when Tomo’s teammate, Ami, takes her own life. The girls blame the school authorities and demand answers. Unsatisfied, they quit in a blaze of internet indignation and get cracking with their plan to open a rainbow café together. But when Tomo’s ogre of a father announces plans to move away, she flatly refuses to go and cops a vicious beating. It’s all too much. With her future destroyed, losing Ami, and the prospect of losing Kana too, she escapes into the night…