Ibali likaKanon, elibekwe phakathi ebusika, libhekiselele kwiqela lamantombazana amahlanu adityaniswe abuyele kwinkwenkwe enye. UYuichi Aizawa, umlinganiswa oyintloko, wayetyelele isixeko apho ibali lenzeka khona kwiminyaka esixhenxe ngaphambi kokuba ibali liqale.
Ekuqaleni iYuichi ixhomekeke kakhulu kwisixeko kunye nabemi bayo. Ngaphambi kokubuya kwakhe, kugqitywe ekubeni ahlale nomzala wakhe, uNayuki Minase, kunye nomama wakhe, uAkiko. Emva kokungabikho kwakhe ixesha elide, uYuichi ulibale phantse yonke into ngaphandle kweenkcukacha ezincinci zento eyenzekayo kwiminyaka esixhenxe ngaphambili kwaye ufuna ukukhunjuzwa ngezinto azishiyileyo.
Ngomhla emva kokubuya kukaYuichi, uphuma noNayuki ombonisayo edolophini. U-Nayuki ukhumbula ukuba kufuneka athenge izinto zesidlo sangokuhlwa kwaye uYuichi uyathandabuza ukuhamba naye, ephikisana nokuba unokulahleka. Kwimizuzu emva kokuba uNayuki emshiye elinde ecaleni kwendlela, intombazana engaqhelekanga egama lingu-Ayu Tsukimiya ingena kuye ngesilumkiso esincinci. Emva kokubuyisela, uyamtsalela kwi-café eseduze kwaye avume ukuba ebeba isikhwama esizaliswe nge-taiyaki emva kokwesatshiswa ngengozi ngumthengisi ngaphambi kokuba abe nethuba lokuhlawula. U-Yuichi emva koko utsalela u-Ayu kumthengisi, bobabini bacela uxolo ngengxaki, kwaye u-Ayu uxolelwe. Bagqiba kwelokuba badibane kwakhona ngolunye usuku kwaye uAyu wabaleka.
UYuichi akazi ekuqaleni, kodwa amanye amantombazana amathathu awayewalibele aqhelene naye. Kulo lonke ibali, njengoko efunda malunga ne-undertones yedolophu, uYuichi ukhunjuzwa ngentombazana nganye kunye neziganeko zeminyaka eyisixhenxe edlulileyo kwisixeko esigqunywe yikhephu.
