在拒学小中学生人数持续攀升的当下，故事以为无法上学的孩子提供归属的“自由学校”为舞台展开。浮田达树（町田启太 饰）是这里的工作人员，他奉行“只做开心的事”，带着孩子们画画、玩游戏、自在相处，被同事青峰雫（松本穗香 饰）质疑“过分温柔、过于纵容”。曾是中学教师的雫坚持规则与秩序，与达树在教育理念上屡屡碰撞。然而，在陪伴孩子们面对伤痛与迷惘的过程中，达树隐藏的挣扎与他选择温柔的理由逐渐浮现。两人在冲突与理解中，重新思考“教育”与“陪伴”的真正意义。

东京大学毕业后顺风顺水的精英女性花村薰（波瑠 饰）因某些原因辞职后陷入求职困境。她结识了单亲妈妈兼创业公司社长日高茉海惠（川荣李奈 饰），后者为让女儿考上名门小学，竟提出让薰“假扮母亲”参加亲子面试。原本生活毫无交集的两位女性，为了孩子的未来签下“伪装母亲”契约。一场围绕亲情、谎言与理想的禁断家庭喜剧就此展开。

A former Tokyo University elite struggling with job hunting forms an unlikely partnership with a tough-as-nails, high school dropout entrepreneur to fake a perfect mother-daughter image for a prestigious elementary school entrance exam, risking legal trouble and moral collapse in a desperate scheme to secure the child's future.

A child disappears from home and there is no explanation. The girl's parents search for her endlessly, to no avail. One day, the mother finds a large doll on the market that helps her compensate for the pain of losing her daughter. But it’s not just any doll. When the mother becomes pregnant again, the doll shows signs of life. But the new child and the doll will form a bond that not even temple rituals can erase.