Twenty-five-year-old Takako has enjoyed a relatively easy existence - until the day her boyfriend Hideaki announces he's been cheating on her. In the depths of her despair, she receives a call from her uncle Satoru, who runs a bookshop in Tokyo. Takako reluctantly accepts the tiny room above the bookshop rent-free in exchange for helping out at the store. She eventually meets a young editor going through his own messy breakup. But Hideaki reappears, forcing Takako to rely once again on her uncle. Together, they work to understand each other and themselves as they continue to share the wisdom they've gained in the bookshop.