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It is October of Showa 63. In the nation of Hinomoto, where most railway lines have been lost due to massive line closures, there is the city of Ohitoyo in Kumamoto Prefecture. The city, whose economy had been completely exhausted, successfully revived itself through tourism promotion centered around the steam locomotive 8620 and its Raillord Hachiroku, becoming a sacred place for railway restoration. To further encourage the momentum of revival and promote exchanges among railway operators and “Maitetsu” nationwide, the city plans to hold the “First Maitetsu Festival.”

Sachi Koyama, a high school girl from Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, carries emotional scars from the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011. Since then, she has kept a distance from her friends and family, living her life indifferent to both people and love. Having played the violin since childhood, she continues her passion in the high school music club, practicing daily to perform a quartet at the cultural festival. Around the same time, she meets Yusuke, a high school boy who evacuated to Iwaki after his family home became uninhabitable due to the earthquake. Gradually, their faint feelings blossom into "love"...