
It isn't easy to find a dream to chase when you're young, but Mugiko has one: she can't wait to become an anime voice actress. Saving up for classes while she works part time in a manga store, she lives with her older, gambler brother after her father's death. When the mother she never knew turns up out of nowhere and moves in, it only causes irritation for the aspiring otaku. But when her mother just as quickly disappears, it leaves Mugiko (or "Sweet Pea") searching for answers, bringing her back to her mother's hometown to discover what happened to her mother's own dream.

Maki Horikita
Mugiko Koiwa

Ryuhei Matsuda
Norio Koiwa

Kimiko Yo
Ayako Akaike

Yoichi Nukumizu
Manabu Inomoto

Yumi Aso
Michiru

Guadalcanal Taka
Haruo Aso

Eri Fuse
Natsue Aso

Amane Okayama
Senzo Aso
Sayaka Tashiro
Co-worker

Eat Drink Man Woman
Eat Drink Man Woman

Men in Her Life
Men in Her Life

Over the Hill
Over the Hill

Apart from Everything
Apart from Everything

The Piano Lesson
The Piano Lesson

The Munsters
The Munsters

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Hamlet
Hamlet

The Frighteners
The Frighteners

Savage Grace
Savage Grace

For the Love of Mabel
For the Love of Mabel

Minding Your Business
Minding Your Business