Three years after I took over the hot spring inn from my predecessor, I was worried about the lack of customers. My wife, Kaori, the proprietress, supported me through it all, but the inn was on the verge of closing down... Then, my wife's childhood friend, Saji, came to stay at the inn. Saji worked at an advertising agency, and I remember hitting it off with him and saying we should work together to liven up the inn, but I must have fallen asleep...