Veronica ‘Ronnie’ Kaneshiro is suffering from emotional hurdles in her life which includes the deaths of loved ones, like her father and friend. She doesn’t know what to do with herself. So after an experience of hanging out with the ‘bad crowd’ as well as many fights with her new step-father, her mother decides it would be best for her to ship her off to Japan away from all the pain and suffering she was enduring, to live with her outcast older cousin. During her time within Japan, Ronnie faces her inner demons and confronts her own suffering all the while learning about her cousin’s own demons as well. Living with her cousin, the two help each other heal from their own emotional suffering and guilt. Ronnie gains new friends and finds love all the while trying to deal with the thoughts of how change can be so cruel yet so wonderful at the same time.