Setsu's unconventional mother, Sawamura Umeko, has suddenly descended and forced him to enroll at Umezono Academy. In helping to assemble a shamisen which has lain long disused, he meets Maeda Shuri, a girl in the same grade as him. While all this is going on, Setsu reunites with his older brother, who he hasn't seen in a while, and they play shamisen together...
♫ and its taste is even finer than its color ♫ 
♫ ومذاقها أروع حتّى من لونها♫ 
Und noch besser als ihre Farbe
ist ihr Geschmack …
Pero mejor que su color es su sabor
Pero mejor que su color es su sabor
e melhor do que a cor, é o sabor
А вкус у них даже лучше, чем краса.