This Lonely Planet 12

A nice older gentleman, wise and lovable—that's how 16-year-old Fumi imagines the writer Akatsuki Kibikino, for whom she takes a job as a housekeeper out of financial necessity. How wrong she is! Her new boss is a taciturn, reclusive man in his mid-twenties, her room is a joke, and all her efforts around the house go largely unnoticed. But above all, Fumi feels lonely. Overwhelmed by her emotions, she pours her heart out to her new boss, who finally seems ready to let her into his life.