Tetsuya Takehora

Mari Suzuki has put an end to her 10-year marriage and has been working as a temporary employee at a photography studio for six months. She is finally free from being an ordinary housewife. Mari, who is in charge of accounting, has a dignified appearance that is out of place in the stylish workplace. There is no way that men would leave such a Mari alone.

Futaba, the proprietress of an inn in a hot spring town near Chichibu, hears from her husband, the manager, Isamu, that a travel guide writer is coming to the inn secretly to do an interview, and ends up over-entertaining the man who seems to be the man. Isamu is jealous, and Kuniko, a waitress who has a crush on him, approaches him. One day, a guest comes in who turns out to be Kuniko's former colleague. Futaba resolutely confronts Kuniko, who is laughing at her for telling a lie. Futaba and Isamu then swear to continue protecting the inn.