This story is part of a linked collection centered on Kanae Fuku, a matchmaker who arranges marriages among Zainichi Koreans. It depicts marriage hunting, family, ethnic background, caregiving, and the pain of daily life with both poignancy and humor.

Around a matchmaker who ties relationships together, the family lives and pains of a Zainichi community come into view.

Originally titled Hello, Calamity and later retitled My Misfortune for the collection Makenige, the story opens a linked portrait of young people in a stagnant roadside town who search for reasons to leave, stay, and survive their own wounds.

Young people race through suffocating nights toward the faint lights of a provincial town.