Akiko had to quit life as an idol due to mental illness. Facing having no job, nobody to support her, and only 100,000 yen in her bank account, she takes up her friend’s suggestion that she move in with 56-year-old salaryman who lives alone in a house in Tokyo. She names him Sasapon and their arrangement is that she can live there until his retirement. Thus, they begin their co-habitiation. (Source: genkinahito.wordpress.com) ~~ Adapted from the novel "Jinsei ni Tsunda Moto Idol wa, Aka no Tanin no Ossan to Sumu Sentaku wo Shita" (人生に詰んだ元アイドルは、赤の他人のおっさんと住む選択をした) by Ohki Akiko (大木亜希子 ).