Ai Naki Sekai

[Machine Translation] His rival in love was a grass ( seriously ). Yota Fujimaru, an apprentice at a Western-style restaurant, falls in love with Sae Motomura, who aims to become a botanist. However, Motomura likes studying Arabidopsis (leaves) more than eating three meals a day. Supported by a professor who looks like a killer, an old professor who is in love with potatoes, and a junior boy who makes cacti into a giant, and other lovely eccentrics, she spends her days burning with passion for her steady research... With Motomura devoting his entire life to plants, will Fujimaru be able to create photosynthesis of love? Grass on the side of the road and humans are all desperately alive. This is a masterpiece of a long story in which a corner of the world begins to shine.

恋のライバルは草でした(マジ)。洋食屋の見習い・藤丸陽太は、植物学研究者をめざす本村紗英に恋をした。しかし本村は、三度の飯よりシロイヌナズナ(葉っぱ)の研究が好き。見た目が殺し屋のような教授、イモに惚れ込む老教授、サボテンを巨大化させる後輩男子など、愛おしい変わり者たちに支えられ、地道な研究に情熱を燃やす日々...人生のすべてを植物に捧げる本村に、藤丸は恋の光合成を起こせるのか!?道端の草も人間も、必死に生きている。世界の隅っこが輝きだす傑作長篇。