Whakarāpopototanga
He whetu rangatahi a Hagiwara Mio i te ao rongonui o Hapani. Kua aroha tonu ia ki tona hoa tata, ki te kaiwhakaari ataahua a Morimoto Teruomi, nana nei i whakahihiri a Mio ki te mahi kaitapere wahine. Heoi, ka aroha a Teruomi ki a Sawaki Aya, ko wai te hoa pai o Mio me tetahi kaiwaiata rongonui. I te tata o te pakaruhanga, i whakamarietia a Mio e te kaiwhakahaere mohio, a Kumagai Ichiya. Ko te ngakau pouri o Mio ka tino aro ki a Ichiya ahakoa ko ia ano, engari he aha a Ichiya i noho mawhiti tonu ai i waenga i a Mio raua ko ia?