Whakarāpopototanga
He nui te mahi, he takakau tonu, he 38 tau te pakeke o Sakurai Kazuaki ka tukituki ki tetahi taitama i te teihana tereina – i pahuatia te moheni e mauria ana e ia. Ko tenei taitama, ko Minagawa Youichi, he tauira i te kareti toi, a, e noho ana i roto i tetahi whare nui, tawhito me ona whanaunga tokorua. I te mea he rite tonu tana moheni, ka haria e ia a Sakurai ki tona whare, me te kii "Mena ka hokona e au taku kape ki a koe, kaore koe e amuamu, e tika?"
Ahakoa te hoha me te hoha ki te mahi whakahihi a Youichi, kare i roa ka kite a Sakurai i a ia ano he manuhiri auau mo te whare mokemoke, kua toia ki tona rangatira nanakia…