Synopsis
Shinichirou Nakagami lives a life that many boys his age would envy—sharing a home with the talented Hiromi Yuasa. But at home, the usually bright and lively Hiromi has become withdrawn and cold ever since her mother's death. While his classmates ignorantly envy him, rumors start circulating when Shinichirou meets Noe Isurugi, a girl known for putting curses on her classmates—curses that always come true. Noe curses Shinichirou as well, but when you curse someone, two pits are created, and her curse on him backfires, affecting her beloved chicken, Raigomaru, in the form of a raccoon. Despite this, Noe doesn't cry at all; she has had her tears stolen. For Noe to cry again, she needs someone else's tears, and Shinichirou knows a person whose tears he wants to take away.
Background
While technically based on a visual novel with the same name, True Tears has an almost entirely anime-original story. The anime is set in Jouhana, Toyama (where P.A. Works Studio is located) and locations from throughout Toyama Prefecture are used as models for the anime.