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...
♫ Ah, even the apple trees on wintry days ♫ 
♫ آه، حتّى أشجار التفّاح في الأيّام الشّتويّة ♫ 
Oh, selbst Apfelbäume ruhen an Wintertagen
Ah, incluso los manzanos en invierno
Ah, incluso los manzanos en invierno
Ah, même le pommier
passe les jours d’hiver
Gli alberi di melo
Ah, mesmo as macieiras, em dias de inverno
А-а-а, даже яблони
с наступлением зимы