During the Edo period, a nunnery called Tōkei-ji becomes known for offering refuge to women while they‘re in the process of divorcing their husbands or are otherwise trapped in bad situations. Shinjiro stays at a Kashiwaya Inn which is located at Tōkei-ji to get ideas for a book he plans to write about various situations and tactics involved in divorce arbitration. While there, he attempts to offer friendly advice to several of the women regarding their new lives, but winds up getting dragged into their troubles in the process.