Eiko is 19 years old, and after graduating from a local high school, she enters a junior college in Tokyo, against the wishes of her parents. She begins living together with Keiko, who is also at the same university, in an apartment. However, unlike Keiko, who wants to be a daycare worker at her girlfriend's nursery school and is a timid student, Eiko doesn't get along with Keiko, who just wants to leave her noisy girlfriend's parents and spread her wings in Tokyo.
Miyuki Azuma
Nana Watase
Shintaro Tone
Emi Uehara
Mayumi Inoue
Shin Sudo
Eiko is 19 years old, and after graduating from a local high school, she enters a junior college in Tokyo, against the wishes of her parents. She begins living together with Keiko, who is also at the same university, in an apartment. However, unlike Keiko, who wants to be a daycare worker at her girlfriend's nursery school and is a timid student, Eiko doesn't get along with Keiko, who just wants to leave her noisy girlfriend's parents and spread her wings in Tokyo.
Kako, a 16-year-old high school girl, goes to a mixer pretending to be 22. While there, she meets Kouta who at first has a very intimidating aura. But once he saves her from an awkward situation, she wants to know more about him as does he. That is until he finds out she isn't 22. The next day Kako runs into him again, but this time he's working as a police officer. Kako still wants to get closer to Kouta, but he isn't interested or is he?
Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve their professional integrity, must face the selfishness and ambition of several petty people.
Akira Tachibana is a soft-spoken high school student who used to be a part of the track and field club. Working part-time at a restaurant, she finds herself inexplicably falling in love with her manager, a divorced 45-year-old man.
The year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old Yonosuke Yokomichi arrives in Tokyo from Nagasaki. Ordinary in every way possible, he lives in a suburb far from the excitement of the big city and commutes to a university in the center of Tokyo.
Because of her past, 17-year-old Rio lives her days filling the emptiness in her heart with money—until one day, she meets a university professor named Kouki and falls in love.
Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi and Shun—but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart.
Erika Shinohara is a first year of high school student. While talking to friends, she makes up a story about her "boyfriend." In reality, Erika Shinohara doesn't have a boyfriend. Erika's friends soon begin to doubt her story and Erika is also running out of lies. Erika then sees a pretty boy on the street and takes his picture discreetly. She later shows his picture to her friends as her boyfriend. The boy in the picture is Kyouya Sata and happens to attend the same school as Erika. She tells Kyouya about her situation and asks him to be her pretend boyfriend. Even though Kyouya has a pretty appearance, he has a dark side.
Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean teenager struggles to find a place in a society that will not accept him.
Keiko surprises everyone when she overcomes adversity to win her first two boxing fights. But when an unexpected incident threatens the closure of her gym, she is pushed further than she thought possible.
Abandoned after coming out, Shun befriends Mio just before he has to move. Years later, Mio returns with a confession. How will Shun feel?