平成猿蟹合戦図

In the book, there are eight kindhearted protagonists. The waitress taking her baby to take a thousand miles of trip to look for her husband in the capital, the bartender witnessing a hit-and-run accident, the muddle-headed money boy, the woman determined to be the secretary to a politician, the world-level cellist, the club procuress, the art university girl whose father is sent to jail as a scapegoat, and the old granny living alone in Odate of Akita. They try hard to change their fate and embrace happiness with their negligible courage and belief.