Alla morte di suo nonno, Daikichi decide di prendersi cura della piccola Rin, la figlia segreta dell'anziano parente. Anche se single, nel corso degli anni Daikichi si dà da fare per crescere da solo la bambina. Dieci anni sono trascorsi da quando ha accolto Rin, che ora è una giovane liceale. Koki e Rin sono attratti l'uno dall'altro, così come Daikichi e la mamma di Koki. Ma nonostante i loro sentimenti non riescono a vivere il loro amore...

As Rin and Daikichi start a new life together, this volume looks back on their history, evolution, family, and friends.

Alla morte di suo nonno, Daikichi decide di prendersi cura della piccola Rin, la figlia segreta dell'anziano parente. Anche se single, nel corso degli anni Daikichi si dà da fare per crescere da solo la bambina. Dieci anni sono trascorsi da quando Daikichi ha accolto Rin, che ora è una giovane liceale. Koki e Rin sono attratti l'uno dall'altro, così come Daikichi e la mamma di Koki. Ma nonostante i loro sentimenti, non riescono a vivere il loro amore...

Alla morte di suo nonno, Daikichi decide di prendersi cura della piccola Rin, la figlia segreta dell'anziano parente. Anche se single, nel corso degli anni Daikichi si dà da fare per crescere da solo la bambina. Dieci anni sono trascorsi da quando Daikichi ha accolto Rin, che ora è una giovane liceale. Koki e Rin sono attratti l'uno dall'altro, così come Daikichi e la mamma di Koki. Ma nonostante i loro sentimenti, non riescono a vivere il loro amore...

The cozy little family may never be the same after Rin, nearing the end of her time in high school, begins to see Daikichi, the man who has essentially been her father, in a romantic light.

Rin has reconnected with her biological mother and is thrilled to be an older sister, but with all of her friends falling in love around her, Rin feels she is becoming unlucky in love.

(Volume 1)

(Volume 1)

Over the last ten years, Daikichi has put his adopted daughter Rin before himself and found happiness in her happiness. But having given what some would call the best years of his life to raising his grandfather's illegitimate child, the now-forty-something Daikichi has all but given up on finding the woman of his dreams. Though this situation has yet to strain the relationship between Daikichi and Rin, will the ups-and-downs of adolescence leave Rin, now a thoughtful young woman, wanting for a motherly influence in her life? And as Rin becomes embroiled in the whirlwind of exams, dating, and the like, can Daikichi only sit back and watch?

Having lived with his adopted daughter, Rin, for over a year now, Daikichi still considers the female mind to be far beyond his grasp! So when his cousin Haruko shows up on his doorstep with her daughter, Reina, in tow and claims to have 'run away,' Daikichi is faced with navigating the twists and turns of the female psyche to get to the bottom of Haruko's situation. And ultimately, through the perspectives of both Haruko and the other parents he meets through Rin's school, Daikichi gradually begins to comprehend the many meanings of parenthood...

As an impromptu dad to Rin, his late grandfather's illegitimate child, Daikichi Kawachi has experienced his share of firsts while caring for his little aunt (?). Now it's Daikichi's turn to battle the initial wave of separation anxiety as Rin leaves the nest...for her first day of elementary school! Rin's elementary school isn't the only place with new faces, either. Daikichi's office is also inundated with first-timers, some of whom have their eyes on their gangly new coworker! And while father and daughter are experiencing (coping with?) all these firsts left and right, the first anniversary of Gramps's death also sneaks up on the pair... as does the first anniversary of their paths crossing...

Like a plot out of a soap opera, bachelor Daikichi Kawachi's boringly normal life got a touch of the abnormal when he learned that his late granddad left behind a love child. And further rattling the unexpected skeleton in the closet? The ungainly, unglamorous Daikichi's impulsive decision to take in little Rin! But as the impromptu dad and his charge learn to adapt to both one another and their very new living situation, Daikichi is plagued by thoughts of Rin's mother. Who is she? Why has she been quiet all this time? Hot on the trail after discovering a modem at the old man's computer-less abode, Daikichi plays detective in search for answers. But elementary school enrollment, extracurricular activities, and other parental obligations wait for no man, so when the day of confrontation with the mysterious Masato arrives, will Daikichi be prepared?!

When attending his funeral, thirty-year old bachelor Daikichi discovers his grandfather fathered an illegitimate young girl, whom, after being ostracized from the family, is taken in by Daikichi, who knows nothing about children.

Voi non lo sapete, ma proprio in questo istante qualcuno forse vi sta osservando, e può succedere non solo ora, ma in ogni momento della vostra vita. Heisaku è una di queste persone, uno studente universitario perdigiorno che passa il suo tempo a spiare gli altri, morbosamente attratto da ogni spiraglio che gli permetta di guardare senza essere visto. Il suo campo d'azione privilegiato è il condominio dove abita, e in particolare l'appartamento della giovane Fumio, la sua dirimpettaia. Per questo a Heisaku non servono cannocchiali ad alta definizione né macchine fotografiche dal potente zoom: conosce le abitudini della ragazza, e questo gli basta.