Short stories about Asari Hamano, a naughty, boyish, and voracious elementary school fourth-grader who is also very innocent and cheerful. Asari's father is an executive at a large company, her mother graduated from an elite university, and her older sister is quite smart. However, Asari-chan is a fairly ordinary girl. Consequently, she is constantly teased by her sister, and her mother scolds her for her poor grades.