Vol.1:If possible, I just want to live my life smiling. I don't want to have to always please my husband. 3a628

She is a mother of two who has been married for 9 years now. Her husband is an office worker at a small medium enterprise. Appearance-wise, they look like a typical and harmonious family. However.... there isn't a day that es by where the word "divorce" doesn't come to her mind. This story illustrates how the protagonist comes to term with her thoughts on this.

Vol. 2 - Shouko no Ba'ai:
Why do I feel this lonely even though I have my husband and children...

This is the story of Shouko, a housewife whose wish is, "May I be able to divorce this person one day". The realistic thoughts and depiction of this married couple has garnered many readers who deeply empathised with them.

Shouko has low self-confidence from being overly reserved ever since she was a child. Before she knew it, she's come to live her life always needing to check her husband's facial expressions. Although not a day goes by where she doesn't think of divorce, since she doesn't have savings nor a job, and because she's also not confident that she can raise her two children on her own, she continues to spend her days absentmindedly.

Then one day, after learning that what she went through as a child plays a part in making things as they are for her now, she slowly begins to take steps for her to move forward, however...?