これまでの朝ドラヒロインにありがちな「持ち前の明るさで、困難を乗り越えていく前向きな主人公」とは180度異なる、心配性でマイナス思考のヒロインが大阪で落語家を目指す姿を描く。舞台となるのは福井県小浜市と大阪府。貫地谷しほりが演じる主人公・和田喜代美（わだきよみ）/後の徒然亭若狭（つれづれていわかさ）、和久井映見が演じる母・糸子（いとこ）、青木崇高が演じる喜代美の兄弟子で後に夫となる徒然亭草々（―そうそう）を中心に、個性豊かな登場人物によって繰り広げられる喜劇仕立ての成長物語である。This renzoku is about Wada Kiyomi (referred to as Kiyomi-B), a girl brought up in Fukui who moves to Osaka in search of her soul. In Osaka, Kiyomi-B becomes enchanted with rakugo, a Japanese traditional form of comic storytelling, and pursues a career in rakugo. In the summer of 1982, Kiyomi-B and her family move to Obama of Fukui, her father's hometown. Kiyomi-B's grandmother and uncle welcome the family, but Shotaro the grandfather does not allow Masanori to take over the Wakasa lacquer chopsticks making. One day, Kiyomi-B listens to rakugo at Shotaro's factory and becomes fond of it. Shotaro and Kiyomi-B become close through rakugo.
