A heartwarming drama starring Ayase Haruka, based on a comic strip about a stepmother and daughter’s loving relationship as it grows over the years. The script was written by Morishita Yoshiko, who also wrote “Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World,” “JIN,” and “Journey Under the Midnight Sun,” which all starred Ayase as the heroine. In this drama she plays a woman for whom work was her life. She is proposed to by a single father, played by Takenouchi Yutaka, and the couple and child become a family, experiencing life’s little moments of happiness, sadness, and laughter together.

Eight-year-old Miyuki (Yokomizo Naho) lost her mother several years ago and has since lived with just her father, Ryoichi (Takenouchi Yutaka). One day, she is suddenly introduced to Akiko (Ayase Haruka), who is to be her new mother. Akiko uses her stellar business skills to try to win the little girl over, only to fail miserably. Ryoichi tries to reason with Miyuki, but to no avail. Akiko changes tactics and tries to get Shimoyama, a woman in the neighborhood who knows Miyuki well, on her side.

One day, Towa’s classmate tells him “you’re the type of guy where girls only look at.” Towa gets upset and states that he will make Misono Miwa his girlfriend. Misono Miwa is a beautiful girl and she is popular with guys, but she turns down their advances. Towa Furuya confesses his feelings to Misono Miwa, but she also turns him down. Towa doesn’t give up and his feelings get stronger for her. He discovers that she likes art teacher Masaki Takatsugu.