Yugo Hachiken flees from the high expectations and stress of an elite cosmopolitan education into the vast and fertile fields of Hokkaido's Obihiro highlands, enrolling himself in an agricultural high school because it offers him dormitory life and a hopeful "escape." But flanked by peers who all seem to harbor clear goals and dreams of the future, Yugo finds the harsh, hands-on reality of working a dairy farm to be no picnic. It is the perfect place for a discouraged and aimless youth to embark on a journey of self-discovery through toil, friendship and young romance.

Tokage (lizard) is an ex-cop from the Metropolitan Police Department's 1st Crime Division who couldn't work well with people, and never opened up to anybody. But he had extraordinary abilities that included a photographic memory and unmatched physical skills enabling him to crack the most difficult cases. For this, he had the respect of his peers and bosses. Until one case that led to a fatal miss: the death of his only partner. Taking responsibility for the tragedy, Tokage quit the force and began working for a private investigator's office as a researcher. But the Metropolitan Police are eager to recruit him back in an effort to raise their arrest rate, and manage to convince him to return as an undercover cop. Assigned to assist him is a young woman from the detective agency who joined for certain unavoidable reasons. But she's not in the least meticulous and smacks of a rich girl upbringing, and yet is obstinately strong-willed and doesn't back down. Together, they form an odd pair - the eccentric big name cop and the tough but cute assistant in an absolutely new kind of detective story.

Nagisa, a high school girl who has been given three months to live. Without telling her widowed father where she is going, she sets out from the city to the small town where she was born. She recalls her childhood memories, and her love for Satoshi begins to grow stronger. However, she is shocked to discover that Satoshi is having an affair with Eriko, a married woman. One day, when Nagisa meets Eriko’s daughter, Madoka, she ends up taking her away…

Be sure to obey the midnight curfew…!
After the death of her mother in a traffic accident two years ago, a seventeen-year-old girl, Manami, and her father decide to move out to get away from the memories of her death. The move was supposed to be the beginning of a new life for Manami, but she is troubled by her father’s drinking, and mysterious deaths begin happening in the neighborhood. One day, Minami decides to try to solve the mystery of a mysterious girl in a school uniform she has seen in the building…

Ando, the head of prestigious Izumida Hospital, drafts Takashi, a battle-hardened and brilliant surgeon. On his first day, he meets Detective Mizusawa who has brought in a critically injured criminal whom she was forced to shoot. Against the wishes of his superior, Takashi miraculously saves the criminal. Takashi learns of another patient in the hospital that has been in a coma for 21 years. Takashi suggests a way he may be able to revive the man, but is stubbornly opposed by Ando. This arouses Takashi's suspicions that Ando may have a personal stake in keeping the patient in a vegetative state; and he and Detective Mizusawa set out to unravel the mystery behind this 21-year old incident and ultimately learn more about their mutual past in the process.