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Junko Sakuraba works as an English teacher at a language school in Tokyo. She dreams of living an exciting life overseas but, at 27, remains unmarried and stuck in her current situation. Her family arranges a meeting with Hoshikawa Takane, who is introduced as a potential marriage partner. Hoshikawa is a monk at a Buddhist temple and expects his wife to abandon outside employment and adopt a modest, traditional lifestyle. Junko is unsettled by the prospect and declines the arrangement, though Hoshikawa does not easily give up. The story includes seven additional bonus chapters.