Bonke abantu baziingcuka kwiingubo zeegusha kwaye kuyafana kuDouchinji Youichi, inkwenkwe ehlala iphupha ngezinto ezahlukeneyo, kodwa ayithethi nto ngokuvakalayo. Ngenye imini, xa ibona inyanga ebomvu, enye intombazana yeza kuye imgidima ngaphambi kokuba imbethe ngenqindi ngenqindi esiliva, yambetha wawa engekho zingqondweni yaye akazange akwazi ukusikhumbula ngokwenene eso siganeko. Ngosuku olulandelayo, umfundi omtsha, uAkatsuki Ayame, ungena eklasini yakhe.
Endleleni egodukayo, u-Youichi ufumanisa ukuba intombazana eyambetha ngenqindi ngu-Ayame, kwaye iqhosha lakhe lesilivere likhupha into ayibiza ngokuba “ingcuka”, iingcinga okanye iminqweno yomntu yangaphakathi, “kwigusha”, imaski engaphandle ethintela okungaphakathi. “ingcuka” ukusuka kumphezulu. Nangona kunjalo, xa umntu egcwele iminqweno kwaye egxininisekile ngeengcamango zabo zangaphakathi, "ingcuka" ikhupha "izimvu" kwaye umntu uya kukwazi ukubona ihlabathi leNyanga ebomvu. Le ntombazana ichaza ukuba ayinayo “imvu” yaye ingathanda ukuba nayo, ngoko icela uYouichi ukuba abe “yizimvu” zayo. U-Youichi uyavumelana nayo, ephawula ukuqala kwebali le-hood ebomvu ekhwelayo edla ingcuka.
