Video Girl Ai, Vol. 12: Close Up

High-school student Yota Moteuchi is so unpopular that his classmates have given him the nickname Dateless. So it’s no surprise when the love of his life, Moemi, is not interested in Yota but instead is in love with Yota’s best friend, Takashi. Yota turns to a video rental shop for comfort, but little did he suspect that the shop was magical and that the cute girl on his rented tape would pop out of the television and try to fix his ruined love life! Close-Up

The time has come for Yota to choose between Moemi and Ai, but will either of them accept his decision? And could Yota’s focus on his children’s book project prevent him from truly winning the affections of the girl he adores? Meanwhile, in an effort to save Ai from being erased, the old clerk of Gokuraku Video has gone over the head of Ai’s creator to a higher authority…but there’s no guarantee that this powerful bearded man will be sympathetic to Ai’s plight!