Happy Dining Table (2007)

Happy Dining Table 2007 / 幸福な食卓 2007 / Kofuku na Shokutaku ,

On the first day of school for third-year junior high student Nakahara Sawako, her father announces that he is quitting his teaching position and absolving from all parental responsibilities. For Sawako, this is only the latest episode in her family's parade of problems. Three years ago her father attempted suicide, and since then, things haven't been quite the same, with her mother moving out and her studious older brother giving up school. Amidst the family drama, Sawako finds her own balance, working hard in school and developing a romance with cheerful transfer student Oura. But more obstacles lie ahead, changes that will throw her already fragile life further awry.