The story revolves around Yuki Hirano (played by Shota Sometani), who, after failing his university entrance examinations and being dumped by his girlfriend, decides to join a forestry training program after seeing an attractive young woman (Nagasawa) on a promotional pamphlet.

[2] The program immediately proves difficult for him, and once he's informed that the young woman on the leaflet is only a model, Yuki quickly decides to quit.

He faces many early obstacles, including a broken cellphone, a cut on his hand, leech bites, and more, but ultimately perseveres.

Under the mentorship of his strict, hard-working superior Yoki Iida, played by Hideaki Itō,[2] Yuki slowly but surely improves at his forest job.

Initially being skeptical of the newcomer, as Yuki opens his eyes to life outside a big city and learns respect for the forest and villagers, most townsfolk grow to like him and accept him as one of their own.

Some of the elders disapprove of having Yuki attend given that he's still new to the village and therefore not a real "mountain man" yet, but to his surprise, Yoki adamantly sticks up for him.

He instead wanders the streets and finds himself drawn to a house construction site, where he takes in the smell of wood with a smile on his face.