Nyaya yaKanon, yakagadzwa pakati pechando, maererano neboka revasikana vashanu vakabatana kudzokera kumukomana mumwe chete. Yuichi Aizawa, protagonist mukuru, akange ashanyira guta kunoitika nyaya makore manomwe nyaya isati yatanga.
Pakutanga Yuichi akanyura kwazvo kubva kuguta nevagari vayo. Asati adzoka, zvinofungidzirwa kuti anofanira kugara nehama yake, Nayuki Minase, naamai vake, Akiko. Mushure mekusavapo kwenguva refu, Yuichi akanganwa zvimwe zvese kusara kwemashoko madiki ezvakaitika makore manomwe apfuura uye ari kuda kuyeuchidzwa nezvezvaakasiya.
Pazuva rekudzoka kwaYuichi, ari kunze naNayuki uyo ari kumuratidza padhorobha. Nayuki anorangarira kuti anofanirwa kutenga zvinhu zvekudya kwemanheru uye Yuichi anozeza kuenda naye, achipokana kuti anogona kurasika. Nguva pfupi mushure mekunge Nayuki amusiya akamirira munzira, musikana asingazivikanwe anonzi Ayu Tsukimiya anopinda maari achinyevera zvishoma. Paanopora, anomukwevera kuenda naye kuresitorendi iri padyo ndokureurura nekusaziva akaba bhegi rizere netiiaki mushure mekutyisidzirwa netsaona nemutengesi asati awana mukana wekubhadhara. Yuichi anobva adhonza Ayu kudzokera kumutengesi, ivo vaviri vanokumbira ruregerero padambudziko, uye Ayu anoregererwa. Vanosarudza kusangana zvekare rimwe zuva uye Ayu anopenga.
Yuichi haazive pakutanga, asi vamwe vasikana vatatu vaakange akanganwa vanoziva kwaari. Munyaya yese yenyaya, sezvaanodzidza nezvemashura epasi peguta, Yuichi anoyeuchidzwa nezvemusikana wega wega uye zviitiko zvemakore manomwe apfuura muguta rakafukidzwa nesinou.
