[Machine Translation] Welcome! I shout, losing myself to the sound of the customers. Keiko Furukura has been working part-time at a convenience store for 18 years. She is 36 years old and has no boyfriend. She eats convenience store food everyday, works the cash register even in her dreams, and only when she is a "clerk" can she become a cog in the world. One day, a new man, Shirou, arrives with the intention of getting married... The 155th Akutagawa Award-winning novel that lightly questions contemporary existence.