A woman cartoonist struggles to make her way in the face of social restrictions. Her home office is the setting for encounters with editors, assistants and even her mother-in-law, and it’s often hard to distinguish friend from foe. Yet her ability to deal with problems somehow makes our own difficulties more bearable.

上京して成功した少女漫画家・繭子（大竹しのぶ）のもとに父の再婚相手（泉ピン子）が、父の急死とともに現れ同居をはじめるが、生活習慣が合わずに衝突。繭子はアシスタント（清水美砂、相楽晴子）とも仕事や男のことでいさかいを。