According to "Hitozuma %uFFFD Hitozuma 3" and "Hitozuma %uFFFD Hitozuma 1.5" (HVG) by Discovery. Plot Summary: In episode 1 Koutaro had become the manager and the master of Sakura Market supermarket after his father died. The store is really a small independent, however their rival is a large supermarket corporation, Kaneyu, putting small Sakura Market in peril, and the takeover attempt has master-minded by Koutaro's brother,