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Tsumugi's started elementary school, and it's one new experience after another. She's excited to try the all-important school lunch, but she'll have to get used to some new rules-eating at school isn't like eating at home. Then, the ability of sandwiches to mend a broken friendship is put to the test, even as Kotori braces herself for an important decision. Finally, it's time for Tsumugi's first athletics festival-her world just keeps getting bigger!...

Having lost his wife, math teacher Kouhei Inuzuka is doing his best to raise his young daughter Tsumugi as a single father. He's pretty bad at cooking and doesn't have a huge appetite to begin with, but chance brings his little family and one of his students, Kotori Iida, together for homemade adventures. With those three cooks in the kitchen, it's no wonder this dinner table drama is so delicious.

Having lost his wife, math teacher Kouhei Inuzuka is doing his best to raise his young daughter Tsumugi as a single father. He's pretty bad at cooking and doesn't have a huge appetite to begin with, but chance brings his little family and one of his students, Kotori Iida, together for homemade adventures. With those three cooks in the kitchen, it's no wonder this dinner table drama is so delicious.

Tsumugi is now in kindergarten, and as she grows up, her questions are becoming more complicated. Her curiosity about her mother leads to a quiet search for an old photo album that brings up memories as beautiful as they are poignant--but when a character in her favorite TV show dies, she begins to ask about "heaven" and "hell," and Kohei will have to find a way to answer. But as always, home cooking-- like candied chestnuts, oyakodon, and somen noodles...

"Kohei and Tsumugi have been spending peaceful days in the kitchen, but that doesn't mean there aren't any bumps in the road. Tsumugi has lots of chances to be a big girl with responsibilities, from running her first errand to wearing her first fancy dress. But when she makes some yummy mochi for a classmate whose mother is sick, it brings back painful memories. Kohei must balance protecting his daughter against letting her grow up and discover things...

A single dad, a little girl, and a quirky teenager learn about food's power to help people grow and love!