Omaezaki Sanemichi akaberekerwa muhupenyu hwepedyo-hwakakwana. Mhuri yake yakapfuma uye ine simba, uye ane hunhu, akangwara, uye anomhanyawo! Vese vasikana pachikoro chake chesekondari vanorota kuita Cinderella -style kudanana naye, uye, kunyangwe ivo vachimuitira godo, hapana mumwe wevakomana anogona kuuya nechikonzero chepamutemo chekumuvenga pachena.
Asi rimwe zuva izvo zvisingafungidzike zvinoitika: kambani yemhuri yaSanemichi inodonha uye baba vake vanotiza. Sanemichi neaimbove vashandi vake, vanin'ina vechidiki Natsuno naAsasuzu uye murume mukuru asina pfungwa Furukawa, vakasara vasina kana dhiri. Sanemichi achakwanisa here kuchengetedza hunhu hwake hwehunhu zvisinei nekunyadziswa uye nematambudziko mazhinji anotarisana naye?
