A loving mom, Paulette, who feels guilty after unfairly punishing her daughter Linda and would do anything to make it up to her, sets off to make a chicken with peppers, even though she doesn't know how to cook.

Friendship shared between Karin, a strong-minded girl sent to live with her monk granddad in the Japanese countryside, and Anzu, the even-more unpredictable phantom feline who acts as her guardian.