Harutomo Koyama

Haruo Izawa is 45 years old and the floor chief of the local grocery store “Umeya”. He is highly trusted by Store Manager Ueda and the part-time ladies and the Ohara branch is the only place where he has been working for 25 years. Although he says that he doesn’t fit to be a store manager, he is still concerned about HR and career advancement. That’s why Ueda’s praise "command center" is his only treasure. Besides, he is also a husband of his wife Ritsuko, and a father of two daughters and a son, Koume, Kanako, and Ryota at home. Humor and pathos are said to be only a fine line, but Haruo’s fruitless actions of paying attention to the human relationships and atmosphere and overthinking never stop.. Where is this middle-aged man’s turmoil going??

タイジは幼いころから母の光子が好きで、手間暇かけて作ってくれる混ぜご飯が大好物だった。だが一方、光子は情緒不安定で、タイジの行動にイラつき、つい手を上げてしまう。ある日、夫との離婚問題が浮上し、光子は条件が不利にならないようにタイジを児童保護施設に入れる。1年後、離婚が成立し、光子はタイジとその姉を連れて別の家に引っ越すが情緒不安定は治らず、17歳になったタイジは家を出ることを決意する。