Kick no Onee-san

Flower shop owner Sendou Morio (42) lives with his wife and high-school-aged daughter, but business at the flower shop is not going well, and his wife is working part-time for them to make ends meet. Encouraged by his wife to attend his university reunion, he runs into his former best friend, Kagayama. Reunited for the first time in a long time, Morio reminisces about the past, but Kagayama suggests to him a certain job…

Akiyama first came across seeing Hana in the corner of the television screen when some nameless female kickboxer was being interviewed. Since then, he was smitten and went to all three of her matches, but then all of a sudden, she stopped competing and he became at a loss as to what to do. But then he runs into her by accident on the street on his way home from work and discovers that this woman, who wants to become the world champion, is far more complicated than he could have ever imagined…