Sawada Michiko has just had her heart broken by her boyfriend, Yotaro, and is depressed. A temporary staff who works for mid-sized trading company, Takashio & Co, she belongs to the Fourth Sales Department which is ridiculed as the �ggraveyard of capable personnel�h. But to Michiko who gets along with her senior, Harada Chihiro, it is a place of work where she can feel at ease. However, the atmosphere completely changes after Kurokawa Atsuko becomes the newly-appointed department manager and quickly sacks a temporary staff for her poor method of making tea. One day at lunchtime, Michiko is about to eat her own lunch box in order to economise when Atsuko calls out and makes an unexpected proposal to her. �gExchange lunch with me.�h Unable to say no to Atsuko, Michiko reluctantly complies. In doing so, she soon realises the profundity of food and starts to change. Atsuko, whom people call Akko-chan, is feared by the people around her and has extensive contacts. What is her true character? |