The scene opens in a cafe in a small town in northeastern Japan, where the narrator and his friend are having lunch. The narrator tells his friend that he has just returned from a trip to the Buddha statue in the town of Kamaakura, where he met his crush, a girl named Chika. The two of them discuss their love for one another, and the narrator tells Chika that he will introduce her to the man whom he loves. He also tells her that Chika's boyfriend is with her, and that they are both wearing the same shirt. He says that he is not ready to introduce Chika to her boyfriend yet, but that he thinks they will get along well. He tells her to go shopping with him, and they go off to check out some new clothes.