Itomichi

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Soma Ito, a high school student in Aomori Prefecture, has a remarkable talent for playing the Tsugaru shamisen--a three-string instrument originating in Ito's home prefecture. She picked up the skill from her late mother who was an accomplished shamisen player. However, Ito's extreme shyness makes it hard for her to play in public, and together with her strong dialect, she finds human communication difficult and hardly has any friends or social life. To change this, she decides to start a part-time job at a maid café, much to the concern of her father.