At 28 years old, Nireko has worked part-time for three years at the workshop of the umbrella craftsman Kiyota. But she's had a crush on Kiyota for 20-odd years, even though he's now married. She isn't even considered a "regular employee" there, so she sees no future for her love life nor her professional life. Then she's suddenly asked to take over her family's brush shop? "A brush shop... that's so dull!" And so begins the apprenticeship of Nireko, youngest of three daughters, to become an artisan brush-maker. *Note: Includes three extra chapters.*

Also includes the stories "Skinship Festival" (スキンシップ・フェスティバル), "Ashita Made Mattenai" (明日まで待てない), "Okame to Makige" (オカメと巻毛), "Nitsumete Hoshii" (煮つめてほしい), and "Obigen" (帯原)