Chitose Fujinomiya's life is turned upside down after her wealthy father passes away, leaving her with significant debts and no home. She's forced to leave her posh school, Tokai no Gakuen, and is left with only the clothes on her back and a pink goldfish named Gyopi-chan. Chitose wanders to the grounds of Inaka no Chugakko, a poor but happy country junior high school, where she's initially repelled by the students' unfamiliar poverty-stricken lifestyle.