The manga is about ten-year-old Chie, "the most unfortunate girl in Japan," who manages her family diner while her unemployed yakuza father and her mother are separated. *Note: Jarinko Chie won the 26th Shogakukan Manga Award for best general manga in 1981.*

Melanie, a member of the prestigious Stewart family, is a "dropout" with little magic power. When her engagement is called off because of her lack of magical powers, she finds herself in the library, where she succeeds in deciphering an ancient lost language! However, when her uncle invites her to a magic school, Quinn, the best court magician in the country, discovers her hidden talent...? (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

When someone is lonely and depressed, goes to Bar Limelight. It's in a corner lost in some unkwown streets, but any bartender worth his salt knows it.