The unemployed Shibata Michiko is betting everything she has on her romance with a younger man – literally. In order to keep him happy, she deprives herself of the things she wants and buys him expensive clothing and accessories. Since shes flat-out broke, she needs to find a job before she starves to death and loses her young love interest. However, Michiko discovers that the boy was never interested in her romantically. Depressed at being dumped and after a series of unsuccessful interviews, she bumps into Kurosawa – an intimidating former boss she used to dislike.