Hanamaru, creator of the popular children's character panda-cat, is in a slump and cannot draw; when he happens to run into Anzu and her friends, he decides to confide his troubles in them.
Exhausted from helping her mother decorate the Christmas tree, Anzu falls asleep and makes a wish to Santa Claus; when she wakes up, she finds herself in a different world.
Tsuchida, a new teacher at Hanamaru Kindergarten, sleeps in late and has to hurry to the school's entrance ceremony, which leads to him meeting a little girl on the side of the road.