8.324 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
LatestFor Itsuka's birthday, Nagomu uses his "Going Somewhere Together" ticket and takes her to Hirakata Park. While out with Nagomu, Itsuka's remembers when she went to the park with her father. When they get back to Ryokushou, they find a wagashi cake and birthday party for Itsuka waiting for them. Itsuka always seems to be chasing after the shadow of her father. Concerned, Nagomu comforts her. And in reply to Nagomu's words, Itsuka...
Nagomu Irino returns to his Kyoto home for the first time in ten years when his father is hospitalized. Nagomu is eager to take over Ryokushou, the family's Japanese sweet shop, but he's instead asked to be a father figure to Itsuka Yukihira, the girl everyone calls the successor.
Production
Kyoto locations so gorgeous you'll book flights.
Sound
Kansai dialect banisher of subtitles; voice chemistry crackles.
Writing
Itsuka's prickly armor slowly cracking — devastatingly earned.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wagashi (traditional Japanese sweets) are designed to evoke seasons and emotions — the show treats them as edible poetry, not just snacks.
Itsuka's rejection of Nagomu mirrors classic 'tsun' archetype, but the series deconstructs it — her anger is genuine trauma, not cute quirk. The healing takes all twelve episodes.
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