Synopsis

Nagomu Irino spent ten years away from home chasing a dream that never panned out. When he hears his father—who runs the Kyoto sweets shop Ryokushou—has been hospitalized, he finally decides to come back. Worried the shop will have no one to take over if his father doesn't make it, Nagomu reluctantly prepares himself to step into his family's legacy and learn the craft of candy-making. Except his father's already picked someone else to inherit the place: a ten-year-old girl named Itsuka Yukihira. Her own father abandoned her at Ryokushou years ago for reasons nobody really knows, but she's since become part of the family and basically the face of the shop. Still, Itsuka never stops looking for her real father, chasing down whatever leads she can find. Nagomu's mother, feeling for the kid, asks Nagomu to be a father figure to her—maybe then Itsuka will open up and feel a little less alone. Things are awkward between them at first, but Nagomu and Itsuka gradually get to know each other and realize they're not that different after all. Both of them care deeply about Ryokushou and the sweets it makes, and as they build this pseudo-father-daughter relationship, they manage to make life a bit sweeter for everyone around them.

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