Stepmom and Daughter Blues

Akiko's back! This special picks up a year after the series ended. When we l as t saw Akiko, an ambitious career woman, she 'd just started work ing again after a long hiatus, but out of the blue she’s been fired f rom her high-powered job…

Company worker Akiko finds that a business she helped to revive has been taken over by a vulture capitalist, Ryoji, who looks identical to her deceased husband. When Ryoji’s next acquisition turns out to be a beloved bakery, Akiko suspects…

Stepmom Akiko grows concerned when daughter Miyuki, who is about to graduate from college, seems content to work part-time at Bakery Mugita without looking for a “real” job. After Akiko lectures Miyuki about her tardiness to job-hunting, t…