Sore dake ga Neck

Muto works at Hot Hot Mart, where serving customers is complicated by the peculiarities of the people behind the counter. The quiet young man keeps something about himself concealed, while the store's unsettling cat Nekomaru watches the bustle around him.

Ordinary attempts at conversation become awkward, puzzling and occasionally eerie. Staff and customers must look beyond first impressions if they hope to understand one another, even in a place built around brief everyday encounters.