I Wanted to Be Loved by You

君に愛されて痛かった

Scarred by middle-school bullying, Kanae Kanai is a timid high-schooler who cannot read the social cues her classmates take for granted and turns to compensated dating to feel wanted. At a group karaoke night she meets a boy named Hiroshi, whose easy acceptance of her flaws draws her in. What starts as gentle attention becomes the opening of a far darker chain of events in her life.