(W/A) Miyako Miyahara Koduka Chiyo, twenty-five years old and unemployed, provides "favors" for her landlady in place of her overdue rent. At least, that's how their arrangement was supposed to go. But as time passes, the distance between the two women has dwindled. Just when things are getting interesting, an older beauty moves into the apartment complex where they both live! What will happen now?

(W/A) Miyako Miyahara MERRY AND BRIGHTKoduka has finally confessed to her landlady. But as long as their rent-reduction contract is still in place, their relationship can never change. Eventually, all secrets are laid bare between the two women on one fateful Christmas evening. Can all regrets finally be put to rest? FINAL VOLUME