Like Grains of Sand (1995) on Netflix

Plot summary

Shuji Ito is a shy student in the top class at his secondary school, and he has fallen for his classmate and best friend, Hiroyuki Yoshida. Yoshida has no idea. Ito can no longer hide his feelings, and the two of them spend time with Tōru Kanbara, whose comic behavior covers a sensitive side. Kasane Aihara is new at the school and keeps to herself with a cool attitude. Yoshida is involved with the insecure Ayako Shimizu, and it is Aihara he wants to know better. The story follows teenagers around eighteen at a Japanese school through a tough process of maturation.