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...
♫ Wearing medicinal herbs as makeup, 
they revisit their youth ♫ 
♫ ،وهي متبهرجة بالأعشاب الطبّيّة 
تزور شبابها مرّة أخرى ♫ 
tornano giovani 
come grazie al trucco
E usando ervas medicinais como maquiagem,
retornam à sua juventude
Целебными травами
юность им возвращают.