Volume 1 Introduction: A comedian's younger brother has died. He leaves behind his daughter, who is not yet one year old, and his wife, Kyoko. The elder brother, Shoji, tries to live together under one roof to support them. However, he has two extremely different sides to him: "manic" and "depressed. ...... He eats, works, sleeps, and wakes up. They are unable to live a normal life, but they reach for the hope of living. A step-family story from the author, who is bipolar.
