10年前に亡くなった夫を支えながら、娘と共に頑張ってきた主人公美佐子。娘は結婚し、2人の孫がいるが、娘の夫ジュンの転職により家計が苦しくなり、期間限定の同居を求められる。一緒に住むことに同意するも、ジュンが家事を全くしないことにイライラする。孫たちもジュンの無関心に困惑し、美佐子は娘と孫たちの様子を見て悲しくなる。話は、まなみさんと潤くんのエピソード4へと続く。
Continuing from last time. I (Misako) lost my husband 10 years ago and have been working as a full-time employee, working hard with my daughter Ayami. Thanks to this, my daughter has become a strong person. She seems to be working hard and efficiently. Five years ago, my daughter married Jun, her husband, and they have two grandchildren. However, recently, due to Jun’s job change, our household finances have become tight, and we have been asked to consider living together for a limited time. I agreed to live together as long as Jun shared household chores and followed the rules… However, once we started living together, I became irritated by Jun’s lack of involvement in housework.
While I was preparing dinner, the grandchildren were running around the kitchen. I asked Jun to look after the kids… or rather, he let them watch videos on his phone because he wanted to play games. It seems like he is really interested in gaming.
Even when Yume spills miso soup, Jun doesn’t do anything while looking at his phone. When Rui eats with his hands and makes a mess, Rui completely ignores it. And after leaving his plate, he lies down on the sofa and starts playing with his phone again.
Jun barely moves at all. They have just started doing the housework that I reminded them of the promises they made. This is a different story! If I point this out and pay attention to it, they will behave very unpleasantly.
Manami also moves quickly to follow Jun. Since it’s something a couple decides, I think they understand that it’s something they should decide together. However, seeing the daughter we raised with love fighting in front of us made me sad.
To be continued in [Episode 4].
Original concept: Mamasta Community Script: Watanabe Tae Illustration: Risuke Editing: Izumi Teleko