A children's novel about Mayuko, who lives away from her parents in a relative's hair salon and cannot speak because of painful memories. Through quiet hair-washing sessions and relationships around her, she slowly begins to open herself to others.

After closing time at the salon, the careful washing of a girl's hair begins to loosen her lost voice.

A story about Akane, a fourth grader who struggles to speak in front of others, and how she begins to change after a classmate performs rakugo during their daily speech duty. Rakugo opens a path toward speaking, listening, and friendship.

An encounter with rakugo brightens the morning of a girl who finds it hard to speak.