Wā whakahaere: 170 meneti
"Kore rawa ahau i whakaaro he wahine noa iho ahau, he wahine noa iho, he pānga tērā ki taku taina i te pakeketanga pai ..." Aya Kurahashi (Ai Kano), he tuahine tawhito ake i tōna tōmuri o te 30, e rua ana tamariki, kua whakatau kia mau ki te wāhi tiaki whare o tōna taina, o Takumi, he aristocrat kotahi i roto i ōna tau e 30, ki te tāpiri i te tahua whānau. Heoi, i mua i tana mohiotanga, ko Takumi, i whakaoho nei ki te wahine pakeke, he hiahia huna ki a Aya. Ka rapu tonu a Takumi, nāna i inu, a, ka whati i te pātahitanga, ka rapu tonu i a ia i muri i tērā, a, ka tonoa he pātahitanga ritua. - I a ia e kī ana "mo te tahua whānau", ka toromi te tinana o Aya i runga i te manakohanga o te take e whakamātauria ana e ia mo te wā tuatahi.