U-Ryosaku Takada uhlangana nentombazana ekhangako nakasese msana. Ekugcineni, laba ababili bathandana begodu baba nesikhathi esimnandi. Kodwana, "idimoni" belingena ngokuthula. Ekugcineni, isiphetho sabo bobabili sahlasela ngendlela ebebangakalindeleki. Uthoma ukudlala ngesiphetho. Ukuzikhakhazisa, ukudideka, ukuzisola, ukulahlekelwa, ukudana, inzondo... imizwa ehlukahlukeneko iyathuthumela nokuhlunguphazwa, kodwana ekugcineni u-Ryosaku ufika esiphethweni. Ngiliphi ihlobo lothando elithabisako kwamambala?