Sakurai Taro’s parents died young. His grandmother, Akiko, has been making a great effort to protect her struggling candy store, Sakuraya, in the old part of Tokyo, but it's not easy. Taro eats candy with regular customers such as childhood friend Saegusa Hiroki, who aspires to be a scriptwriter and talks nonsense, like in their youth. However, they realize this unfettered, comfortable existence will end someday with the passage of time. Then
