Wakairo Moeko, was awakened to the importance of "effort" when she was in junior high school by the words of her admired senior, Amano. Having become a "person of hard work," Moeko continues to work hard even now, five years into her career, until one day she learns that Amano has quit his job. This triggers Moeko's sudden loss of energy and ill health. While taking a day off from work to help her grandfather in the fields, she meets her classmate, Hodaka, the son of a temple priest, for the first time in a long time... The breath of vegetables soothes Moeko's body and mind.