She's shy. He's foreign. The bike is unhinged.

All Mamachari ever wanted was the dream: a young mom, a kid in the back seat, daily trips to the grocery store. Instead, it got Eriko — a panda-obsessed, cosplay-loving twenty-two-year-old who hasn’t been on a date in three years. But this bicycle isn’t one to give up easily. From the moment Eriko wheels it out of the shop, Mamachari appoints itself her personal matchmaker, nudging her toward every available man in a five-kilometer radius. The problem? Eriko can barely make eye contact with guys, her coworkers think she needs to “act normal,” and the one person who actually seems interested is a sushi-loving, manga-reading American English teacher named Henry.

What unfolds is an irresistible story about a shy young woman who’s been told her whole life to tone it down, grow up, and stop being so weird — and the loudmouthed bicycle that refuses to let her. Eriko doesn’t need to change. She needs someone who loves her exactly as she is: panda shirts, cat-girl cosplay boots, and all. With Mamachari playing wingman (wingbike?), a bag of homemade sushi as bait, and one chaotic anime convention, Mamachari Matchmaker is a funny, fiercely tender love story about finding your person — and the opinionated bicycle that got you there.