For Nagisa Furukawa, reviving the school's drama club is a dream she wants to pursue after a severe illness forced her to repeat a year. Tomoya Okazaki has no such enthusiasm for school or his future. Convinced he will never achieve anything, he spends his days skipping classes with his friend Youhei Sunohara.
Their first encounter on the way to school means little to Tomoya, even when Nagisa declares them friends. Yet he keeps noticing her around school and eventually accepts her friendship. Saying he has nothing better to do, he agrees to help restore the drama club, with four other girls also lending a hand. Getting to know them brings Tomoya into contact with their individual problems. His efforts to help them gradually challenge his belief that life has nothing to offer.
