Michiru Sakai is an 11th grader. He is the victim, so to speak, in this "Fried Chicken Lemon Incident." During lunch, while he was gathered around some fried chicken with friends— Someone squeezed lemon over the whole plate without any confirmation. To make matters worse, Michiru is a die-hard no-lemon believer. "Look, it's not that I hate lemon or anything." "But doing it without asking is just wrong, isn't it?" The issue he's raising isn't just about taste preferences. Once lemon is on the chicken, it can never be undone. "Is it okay to just modify food that everyone is supposed to eat?" Driven by this question, Michiru finally brings his grievance to student council president Guest. It's just fried chicken. It's just a lemon. But for Michiru, this is— A major incident concerning "whether one has the freedom to change someone else's food without permission."

Eiji Tono is an 11th grader. He is the culprit who squeezed lemon over the entire plate of fried chicken in the "Fried Chicken Lemon Incident." During lunch, while sharing fried chicken with friends, Eiji picked up a lemon wedge without a second thought. And then—he gave the whole batch a generous squeeze. He says with a perfectly natural face: "Lemon on fried chicken is standard, right?" Eiji meant no harm. In fact, he thought he was being "thoughtful" by cutting through the grease to make it easier to eat. "If you didn't want it, you should've just said so." "You're really coming to the student council for this?" But Michiru Sakai won't have it. You can't un-lemon the chicken. And it was a shared plate. Eiji is forced to face the question for the first time. Is it okay to act without permission just because it's "for everyone's sake"? He maintains his stance to the end. "Come on, it's just lemon!" It's just a lemon. And yet, it's a lemon. Thus, Eiji has become a central figure in this ruthless debate over fried chicken.