Shinji has spent his school years living in a dormitory, and now graduation and a hopeful new beginning have arrived. After the ceremony, his stepmother Miki runs up to greet him with a smile. Delighted to reunite with the woman he has always admired, the adult graduate celebrates alone with her. As they talk through the night, Miki kisses him gently and says she has a present for the now-grown Shinji, guiding him through one more step into adulthood.