Due to the recession, Mako's husband's company went bankrupt. Unable to find new employment, Mako and her husband turned to his family's hot spring inn for help. "Dad, let me work here," Mako said. Her husband practically disowned her and ran away, earning a harsh scolding from her father-in-law, but reluctantly accepted her. "Mako, are you prepared to be the same as him? To become the innkeeper?" her father-in-law pressed her, and Mako replied with a determined "Yes!