In a Japan where the Taisho Era didn't end after 15 years but went on for another 10 additional years the eldest daughter of the financially declining Kuze family, Tsugumi, resolves herself to a marriage she doesn't desire for the sake of her family. However, Hitaki, her younger brother, vehemently opposes the marriage and after a fight with Tsugumi, shuts himself away in his room and attempts to kill himself. Tsugumi blames herself for her brother's suicide, but two mysterious men appear identifying themselves as part of the Imperial Library Intelligence Asset Management Bureau and reveal that her brother's suicide might not be as clear-cut as it seems.
fear and suffering in life that we wouldn't 
otherwise get to experience.
وأحيانًا الخوف والمعاناة في الحياة
.التي لا نختبرهما ما عدا ذلك
oder manchmal auch auf Angst und Leid,
was uns sonst erspart bleiben würde.
y a veces, miedo y sufrimiento
que de otro modo no experimentarías.
y a veces, miedo y sufrimiento
que de otro modo no experimentarías.
voire aux peurs et aux tristesses
qu’on ne connaîtrait pas dans nos vies.
e a volte paure e sofferenze della vita
che altrimenti mai potremmo sperimentare.
e, algumas vezes, do medo e sofrimento
de vidas que não vivemos.
а иногда страх и страдания,
которые мы могли бы не испытать сами.