Kaho learns from her stepmother that her father-in-law, Tokuji, is nearing the end of his life, and she heads to his side with her husband. There, she finds Tokuji completely immobile and unable to speak. Seeing her exhausted stepmother and the dying man, Kaho decides to stay and care for him. As Kaho dedicates herself to nursing him with deep affection, Tokuji's life begins to show miraculous signs of revival.