Aoi has been more or less abducted by the staff of the rival inn Orio-ya, and it’s clear she’s not getting back to Tenjin-ya anytime soon. As long as Aoi has access to a kitchen and good ingredients, she’s willing to stick around. But now she and her new friends, the twin crane chefs, have been given a momentous task—cater to a super-picky rain woman’s palette or risk the destruction of the Southern Lands!