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...
♫ repose with their limbs buried in snow ♫ 
♫ تستريح وأطرافها مدفونة في الثّلج ♫ 
Se toman un descanso bajo la nieve
se toman un descanso bajo la nieve
Assoupi sous la neige
têm o seu descanso, cobertas pela neve
отдыхают под покровом снежным.