长相甜美的高中女孩工藤沙耶加（有村架纯 饰）在家并不受父亲待见，父亲一心要把弟弟培养成棒球手，而疏于对女儿们的呵护。沙耶加所在的高中有内部升学的制度，因此她终日和小姐妹们吃喝玩乐，学习掉到了全年级倒数第一也毫不为意。温柔勤苦的妈妈（吉田羊 饰）经常被校方找去说教，她为女儿的未来焦虑万分，因此将沙耶加送到了坪田（伊藤淳史 饰）所开办的补习班。经过水平测试，沙耶加实际只有小学四年级的水平，不过开朗自信的坪田不以为意，他以特有的方式打开女孩的心防，两人很快成为好朋友。在坪田的帮助下，沙耶加对学习的态度逐渐浓厚，后来更立下了考取庆应大学的宏愿。这是丑小鸭绝地逆袭的真实故事……本片根据《年级倒数第一的辣妹一年内偏差值提升40以上并考入庆应大学的故事》改编，该书取材自真人真事，由担任影片女主角原型小林沙耶加的私塾教师坪田信贵撰写。
Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...
