Footed Tadpoles

A light-hearted coming-of-age comedy in the spirit of the films of Yuya Ishii, with whom director Maeno has served as an assistant director), Footed Tadpoles is a quirky, young and fresh look at love through the eyes of junior high school slacker Toru (played by Maeno himself) as he attempts to win the heart of his life-long crush and top student Nanae. Spending most of his afternoons 'collecting data' using his best friend's foolproof method of telling whether girls are virgins or not, Toru suddenly finds purpose when he catches a pair of tadpoles and begins raising them with Nanae in their classroom. With the help of a very special tutor who teaches him more about the ways of life, love and dancing than school, Toru soon realizes that like his tadpoles, things are bound to change.