However, ten years after their marriage, her husband Takashi decides to quit his job in order to follow his dream. They are forced to move in with Takashi’s mother Chiyoko, who runs a used-book shop. Midori is given the job of managing the family’s budget, which she finds very stressful.
Takashi finally finds another job, but when he comes home one day, he discovers that, after trying too hard to balance the budget, Midori’s body has been taken over by the spirit of novelist Soseki Natsume!