Pearl Harbour comes under threat again when Tani-san Senior considers moving there in order to avoid someone from her murky past.

In which Tani-san assumes the guise of celebrated naturalist Sir David  Attenborough and meddles with nature in an ad hoc, non- Frankenstein sort of way.

In which Tani-san enters into an argument with the Almighty, who somehow manages to convince Himself that He can win.

In which Tani-san attempts to sabotage her own company, Tani-san Industries, which is far too successful in her opinion.

In which Tan-san tells a lie that she ends up believing and then finally becomes true. People in sales take note. This is how you do it.

In which TANI-SAN goes to war with her household appliances, leading to the Kitchen Treaty of October the thirty-ninth, twenty-ninety-onety.

In which Tani-san has difficulty keeping body and soul together with not much help from a very peculiar person.

In which Tani-san attempts to persuade a group of germs to act in her favour with the aid of a microscope, a bottle of iced tea and some spit.

In which Tani-san's idea of a shortcut is so off the mark that she and her friends not only end up lost but off the map entirely.

In which certain parties try to take advantage of Tani-san's temporary indisposition only to be shown the error of their ways.