Harumi Takasugi is 31 years old single & can seem to find a permanent job But when his cousin Kururi mother dies in an unfortunate accident it suddenly up to him to take care of the orphaned 12-year-old even though he didn even know she existed! Kururi is an odd child antisocial & stubborn but she used to love the bento boxes that her mother made her In an attempt to overcome the difficulties between them & live up to being a good guardian Harumi takes up cooking Even though he isn very good at it at first his heart is in the right place & the two begin their new life together as an odd little family in this installment of Nozomi Yanahara heartfelt slice-of-life series