Having troubles means joy and happiness await you once they're resolved. Tucked away in a corner of Ginkgo Shopping Street lies Showa-do, a café steeped in nostalgia. Inside, an altar and donation box stand guard, while the owner, Kiri, always sits in her rocking chair sipping beer and flipping through manga. Money-loving and lazy, she's somehow irresistible. Yet what truly draws people here isn't just the coffee or the jukebox tunes. Kiri, along with the young manager Kaki and a cast of colorful regulars, always "just happen" to overhear customers' troubles--and solve them in the most unexpected ways. Mother-in-law conflicts, shattered dreams, emotional turmoil--whatever the problem, it seems to find a way out here.
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