I was laid off from my job in Tokyo. My savings were gone, and I had nowhere to go this summer. Unable to even pay the electricity bill for the air conditioner, I ended up moving in with my older sister who lives in the countryside. My older sister has two daughters in the midst of adolescence: the taciturn and prickly eldest, Rina, and the emotionally expressive second, Konatsu. Their sudden appearance as an unemployed uncle was hardly a welcome welcome for them, and so began a gloomy summer vacation for the student and the unemployed. And...