U-Ritsuka Aoyagi oneminyaka eli-12 ubudala, ukutsho oko, ngumntwana onenkathazo. Ngenxa yemeko enqabileyo yokuphazamiseka ngokwasengqondweni, akanazo iinkumbulo zobomi bakhe phambi kweminyaka elishumi, kwaye kuyabonakala ukuba ngoku uchasene nembali yokuba wayengubani ngaphambi kokuba aphulukane neenkumbulo zakhe. Oku kubangela ukuba umama wakhe ongazinzanga ngokwasengqondweni asoloko emxhaphaza, efuna ukuba amke abuyisele iRitsuka 'yenyani' kuye. Kwiminyaka emibini edluleyo, umkhuluwa wakhe uSeimei wayeyeyona nto iphambili ebomini bakhe, emkhusela kunina yaye emamkela yaye emthanda. Noko ke, kutshanje, uSeimei ufunyenwe etshiswe wafa kwigumbi lokufundela kwisikolo samabanga aphantsi eRitsuka. URitsuka usekwiphulo lokuchacha kwinto eyenzekileyo xa edibene nendoda egama linguSoubi, esithi ‘ungumhlobo’ kaSeimei. Wazisa uRitsuka ukuba igama labo "Lingenaluthando", kwaye uya kuba nguDini lakhe - ngelixa uSoubi "nguMlweli" wakhe. Kungekudala, uRitsuka uzifumana ephakathi kwehlabathi elingaqhelekanga apho amaqela amabini; 'umlwi' kunye 'nokuzinikela', balwa omnye nomnye usebenzisa izikhubalo zomlomo. Ngelixa unyathela kwiimfihlo eziphazamisayo kunye nokufumana abahlobo abatsha ngaphakathi kwabo, i-Soubi kunye ne-Ritsuka bond, kunye nomnye nomnye, baqala ukuphilisa kwi-scars of pasts yabo.
