A daughter returns 25 years later, but as a 10-year-old girl.


Set in 1995 and 2020, this story makes us ponder how we have changed over the last 25 years.

A freak accident suddenly puts the main character in a vegetative state as a 10-year-old girl. Everyone in her family, which broke apart from the resulting regret and guilt, and her now fully-grown first love, all currently live a lonesome existence. Only her mother continued to keep a watchful eye on her, hopeful that she would miraculously regain consciousness.

After 25 long years, the "girl" with a 35-year-old body but a 10-year-old mind wakes up! Trying to fill every void, she rushes to accumulate over two decades' worth of experiences and matures as she goes through pains and heartbreaks. The 10-year-old at heart goes to middle school, high school, and eventually blossoms into a woman--one that appears to embody what we all have witnessed over the last 25 years.

When her mind catches up to her real age, just how will she see the world she lives in? During these 25 years, what did we gain and what did we lose?

In this story of awakening and soul cleansing, a girl arrives from the past and moves us, who seemingly have spent the last 25 years sleeping, to ponder just how we really should be moving forward.

Ritsu Hayakawa, a college student lives in happiness together with his sweet family; younger brother, younger sister, and mother, Kyoko. Their smile and Mom’s rice omelet always make him happy.
However, Kyoko has to be hospitalized for cancer. He goes back home in gloomy feeing and sees that his siblings, who don’t know about their mother’s desease, are excited about a pizza-to-go for dinner. Ritsu can’t stand to see them, so he runs away to kitchen, then he find a notebook that his mother wrote down her recipe. He notices how deeply Kyoko loves her family, and how important meals are, then he decides to prepare meal for them to maintain his family’s life.
One day, Ritsu comes to know that he doesn’t related by blood with Kyoko. He is an adopted child.
Ritsu goes to see his biological mother, Maya, then he sees Maya treating his biological brother, Ruka, cruelly. Then he becomes to want to help Ruka from his mother.

There is several type of family these days. It is a heart-warming family story that they make strengthen their bonds with each other through delicious meal.


早川家の長男・律(りつ)（18）は母・恭子（46）、弟の調(しらべ)（14）、妹の奏(かなで)（13）と穏やかで暖かな日々を送っていた。ところが、母の恭子が長期入院することになり事態は急変する。母・恭子の病名は“癌”、ひとり真実を告げられた長男の律は衝撃を受ける。先の見えない不安の中、母・恭子だけは何事もなかったかのようにいつもの笑顔を律に向けてくる。「お母さん、治してみせるから。だから心配いらないよ。」笑顔でそう言う母・恭子の言葉とは裏腹に、重い足取りで家に戻る律。そこには何も知らない弟妹が、夕飯のために注文したピザを前に大はしゃぎしていた。律は、居たたまれなくなり、台所へ引きこもると、母の絵入りレシピノートを見つける。この日から、年の離れた弟妹のために母・恭子に代わって台所に立つようになる律。
母・恭子が笑顔でいる間はきっと素敵な明日が待っていると信じて。
そんな律の思いが通じたのか、母・恭子の病状は快方に向かい、退院の日を迎える。ところがそんな矢先、律は衝撃の真実を知ってしまうことに。律は母・恭子とは血が繋がらない養子だったということを…。
ある日、律は実の母・真也(まや)（34）と、実の弟・路加(るか)（5）と出会う。律は、育児放棄（ネグレクト）気味の真也を目の当たりにし、路加を救い出したいと思い始める。