This is a youthful coming-of-age story about children who are struggling with chronic, modern day poverty.

Momota is a third year in middle school, and he couldn't help but get pissed off when Tsuruya, his rival from the soccer club, not only suddenly stopped coming to club activities but also started missing school.

When Momota went looking for Tsuruya after school with the latter's classmate, Kuroki, he found Tsuruya loitering around the recycling storage of a certain house.

Apparently, Tsuruya was trying to get back his soccer spikes that he had thrown away there, and while they were talking, a mysterious woman came out of the house...