Ever since gifted conductor Natsume’s wife and daughter left him five years ago, he has isolated himself from the music scene. Then one day, he decides to return to Japan for the first time in decades to conduct a small town orchestra and return to his estranged daughter, Hibiki, who loathes him and his music. Now he must try to thaw a relationship with his daughter frozen in time for five years, and learn to be a father.


천재 지휘자 나쓰메였지만 5년 전에 일어난 “어떤 사건”을 계기로 가족과 음악도 잃었다….
나쓰메는 음악업계를 떠나있었지만 일본의 지방 오케스트라에서 지휘를 하기 위해 수십 년 만에 귀국한다.
그런 아버지를 거절하고 음악을 싫어하는 딸 히비키는 아버지의 갑작스러운 귀국에 의해 어색한 동거 생활이 시작되는데…
세계적 천재 지휘자인 그가 어째서 사랑하는 음악 세계를 떠나게 된 것일까?
천재이기 때문에 딸의 마음을 알지 못하는 나쓰메가 아버지로서 다시 한번 딸과 마주하면서 5년 전부터 시간이 멈춰진 “딸의 인생”을 조금씩 움직여간다.


天才指揮家夏目由於5年前的「某起事件」而失去了自己的家人與音樂…。
雖然夏目已經離開了音樂業界，但這次，為了擔任日本的地方交響樂指揮而睽違數十年回到日本。
討厭父親也拒絕接觸音樂的女兒・響，由於父親突然的回國，不得已開始了與父親的尷尬同居生活…。
為何這位世界級的天才指揮家會離開最愛的音樂世界？
雖是「天才」，卻完全搞不懂女兒想法的夏目，再次以父親的身份面對女兒，自5年前就靜止的「女兒的人生」，也因此漸漸開始轉動…。

"Before you ask me out, fix your appearance first."

Shion, a 17-year-old high school girl who had her first love confession cut short by the merciless words of her first lover, has grown up to be a beauty salon employee with a sophisticated appearance and solid skills and is now living a fulfilling life, using her humiliating heartbreak as a springboard 12 years later.
However, despite her beautiful transformation, she has no luck finding love. Concerned, her best friend from high school arranges a blind date. Shion's innocent presence immediately attracts the attention of the men, but all she can do is smile awkwardly. Then she hears a man making fun of a woman's appearance, and suddenly, she loses her self-control, and her mind is taken over by the trauma of a long time ago!
12 years have passed, and nothing has changed... Shion is shocked to see a photo from her high school days of her first love and herself, a 17-year-old with a dull appearance. She unintentionally tears up the picture, and at that moment, she travels back in time to 2010! She is reunited with her first love.
During confusion over whether it is a dream or reality, Shion, unable to accept her reflection in the mirror, undergoes a complete makeover using the makeup techniques she has cultivated over the past 12 years.
She looks 17 years old but is 29 years old on the inside. Shion has undergone a complete makeover and begins her second high school life.