The Kissuiso is dealing with their most difficult guest yet, Ohana's mom. But when her snide remarks make sense, people start to think she might not be the monster they once thought.

Ohana has a new plan, kidnap her mom and force her to visit the Kissuiso. Tohru agrees to this plan on one condition, Ohana has to bring Koichi.

The Kissuiso received a 5 out 10 rating in the Hot Springs guide and Ohana is mad. She is taking the fight right to the reviewer which is her... Mom?

Ohana is sick and confined to bed, and the Inn continues to operate fine without her. She wonders if she should leave the Inn.

Ohana searches for Tohru, Ko searches for Ohana, and the staff at the Kissuiso are learning to survive without the Madam Manager.

The Kissuiso Inn receives a sudden influx of customers thanks to Yunosagi being covered in a magazine; can the staff handle it with the Madam Manager being sick?

While dealing with the pressure of getting married, Tomoe must defend the Inn against Soliders.

As Ohana is cleaning the entrance one morning, a woman riding a car arrives. She is Takako Kawajiri, a management consultant hired by Enishi to rebuild the Kissuiso. What Takako suggested this time was to change all of the uniforms of the waitresses. The staff are at a loss before the flashy uniforms, but they are eventually convinced by Takako and Enishi to put them on and to begin work.

Tohru Miyagishi is a chef at the Kissuiso, as well as being Minko's superior. Ohana and Minko witness him and Yuina riding off together on his motorcycle. Though they were both surprised, Minko becomes even more shocked after hearing from Renji Togashi, the head chef, that Tohru won't be coming to work anymore. Nako, Jiromaru, and Tomoe come up with their own theories about what happened, but Jiromaru obtains information that leads everyone to believe that Fukuya may have hired Tohru away.

Ohana starts a new school life with Minko and Nako. The girls bombard her with questions because she came from Tokyo, and the boys won't stop bothering her because she lives with Minko, who just happens to be one of the most popular girls in school. Yuina Wakura, a fellow classmate and the successor to a famous hot spring inn, "Fukuya," saves Ohana from the hassle. Ohana's new school life starts out quite dramatically, and she later witnesses Minko being asked out by a boy behind the school building.

Taro Jiromaru is an unsuccessful writer who has been living at the Kissuiso for some time. Ohana throws away his draft, thinking that it was a piece of scrap paper, and suddenly disappears the next morning while preparing some staff meals. Her fellow workers worry, thinking that she might have gone back to Tokyo; however, Sui ignores them and orders for a cleaning of the entire inn. Nako heads over to Jiromaru's room in order to clean, but he insists for her to stay out.