Itoko no Ko

Nozomu spends his summer vacation at his uncle’s home in the countryside, where his younger cousin Sou quickly becomes the center of his attention. With no convenience stores or buses nearby, he struggles to adjust to the rural setting—and to Sou’s lively company. Tanned and energetic, Sou takes Nozomu along with her every day. Though he is older, he finds it hard to treat her with the distance he thinks a relative should keep. Her kindness, whether deliberate or not, unsettles him, and he grows increasingly captivated by her. Nozomu tries to hold on to the idea that they are only relatives in this romantic comedy about a boy flustered by his cousin.