Risa Koizumi and Atsushi Ootani are two high schoolers who are struggling to find their perfect match. However, love is a foreign concept to them, as Koizumi towers over her peers at 172 cm while Ootani measures in at a meager 156 cm. Adding insult to injury, their crushes end up together, leaving Koizumi and Ootani devastated and confused. To their classmates, they are nothing more than a comedic duo due to their contrasting personalities and height difference, turning even their arguments into a source of entertainment. Despite the odds, Lovely★Complex follows the duo as they encourage each other to find love and eventually become close friends. Unexpectedly, they discover that they share a similar love for music and fashion. Perhaps, there might be a special connection between them that they are yet to realize, but will love ever find a way between the mismatched pair?