In Edo Japan, 23-year-old Emiko Yatsumoto struggles to care for her terminally ill mother alongside her two older siblings. With their father long gone and hope slipping away, Emi takes a job at a sake house, where she meets Ryuichi Shinomura, a samurai from Osaka. A connection blooms between them, but misunderstandings and heartbreak mar their budding romance during Kyoto's Summer Festival. Tragedy strikes when bandits attack their town, leaving Emi's mother dead and forcing the siblings to flee. Lost and grieving, Emi finds refuge in Osaka with a kind woman named Mina Shuji, beginning a journey of healing and rediscovery as she learns to navigate life after loss...that is until chaos brewed again...
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