After her divorce, Kariya Mako returned to work as a contract editor for an economics magazine. There, she is ordered to be in charge of a serialization based on the theme of women in poverty. She interviews people living in various difficult situations, and it gradually makes her realize that this is a widespread problem that she herself is not entirely impervious to, as she is also someone dealing with employment instability while struggling to raise her children.

• Shuri
• Takahiro Miura
• Momoko Tanabe
• Reika Kirishima
• Miyazawa Emma
• Machiko Kochi
• Seira Anzai
• Yasushi Fuchikami