The Popular Girl Next to Me Turns Out to Be…

Behind the warm smile of a popular girl and the sharp gaze of a quiet transfer student, lies a piece of the past—long buried in silence.



Aksa, a mysterious new student, just wants to get through his days at Hibiki High without standing out. He’s not the type to trust easily, nor is he looking for friends. But everything changes when he ends up sitting next to Artha—the brightest, most cheerful girl in school… who’s also hiding the deepest loneliness.



Artha, the school’s shining star, keeps a secret she can’t even tell herself. As their accidental meeting slowly turns into something unexplainable, threads of the past begin to unravel—a dusty old book, a hidden basement, and an old photograph showing a truth that was never meant to be found.



When family secrets begin to surface—that their parents were once secret agents involved in a brutal massacre under the orders of a cruel dictator—Aksa and Artha are forced to make a choice: follow the dark path laid out for them… or fight against the fate trying to tear them apart.



But someone has been watching from the shadows.

Zen Miyuki, a boy who lost everything because of their parents, now lives for one purpose only: revenge.



Will the love between Aksa and Artha be strong enough to face the truth…

or will it fall apart under the weight of a past they never asked for?