There are kilns more than 200. The workmen and workwomen
working in the kiln factories are called "Tougeika".
The heroin MATSUMOTO MISAKI in this comics is one of
them. She has a dream, which every Tougeika has been
having since old times, but has never realized, and which
is one of the most difficult things for them to make come
true. That is to express SCARLET on the products by grilling
the potteries in the kilns, without using color paints.
The situation of having been successful in expressing SCARLET
in the part of the products is said " HI GA HASHIRU".
Misaki challenges to "HI(scarlet)" repeatedly with a lot of difficulties.
Though he can't succede in making "Hi" come true perfectly, her struggles
with it make her a more and more splendid workwoman and artisan.
I think that this work besides "NATSUKO'S SAKE" is one of the masterpieces
among a gunre of the bussines-comics.