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Shirakawa Riko is a cheerful, strong-spirited music-college graduate aiming to become a professional violinist but also struggling to find a placement in the professional music world.

Riko and Naoki's paths cross when Riko finds a cellphone which Naoki accidentally left on the bus but it takes some time before these complete strangers find themselves meeting again, striking up an unusual friendship. Can that friendship eventually lead to love?
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The two stumble into a quiet B&B on the beach run by the aging surfer Masaru and his high-school-aged granddaughter Makoto. Hiromi immediately applies to work there for the summer, and Kaito is forced to join him after he loses his wallet. The two share a room, with Hiromi trying to make friends, and Kaito at first resisting, unimpressed by Hiromi's devil-may-care attitude.

Slowly over the ensuing episodes, Kaito becomes more and more at home in this sleepy rural town, and begins to wonder if he should give up his pursuit of success in the big city, and try to relax, and enjoy himself more. When he returns to Tokyo to finish his work, Hiromi and Makoto come to lure him back, but when he returns to the B&B, his boss and girlfriend Sakura likewise come looking for him.
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Shirakawa Riko is a cheerful, strong-spirited music-college graduate aiming to become a professional violinist but also struggling to find a placement in the professional music world.

Riko and Naoki's paths cross when Riko finds a cellphone which Naoki accidentally left on the bus but it takes some time before these complete strangers find themselves meeting again, striking up an unusual friendship. Can that friendship eventually lead to love?
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