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...
because he had to look after
 his sick grandfather, I mean.
.في ظلّ اعتنائه بجدّه المريض
porque estaba cuidado a su abuelo.
perché doveva provvedere
 alle cure per il nonno.
porque precisava cuidar do avô.
потому что присматривал
за своим дедушкой.