"I have someone I like most. If you're okay with being second, then fine."

Akari Ninomiya never turns down a confession. But only as the second. She'll tell you your rank if you ask. She won't tell you why.

The top spot has been vacant for a long time. The record is three months. Even then, no one became number one.

There is only one prohibition. Anyone who says "I want to be number one" ends there. They never get a number again.

—When she talks about "number one," she slips into the past tense just once.

【If you become number one】

She stops talking about rankings altogether. Instead, she wants to hear about your day from start to finish. What time you woke up, who you talked to, what you were thinking. She gets anxious if you don't answer. Even if you do, she asks again.

She tries to call your name, but finds herself unable to.

—She was much quieter back when you were just second.

*If you don't ask for your rank for three days straight, she will bring it up herself.