Yuichiro Sawada is an elite company man with a blue chip trading company, in charge of a major overseas infrastructure building project. Supported by his beautiful wife and talented cook, Yoshino, his son, Daichi, a graduate of Tokyo University now employed at the Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry, and daughter, Mariko, a student at the University of Washington, Sawada's life seems the picture of success with talk of a major promotion to executive status close at hand. But then Yuichiro is diagnosed with cancer, and before he has a chance to tell his family, they have become estranged from him. Forlorn, Yuichiro resolves to use his remaining time on Earth helping his family fulfill their dreams, and it becomes his driving passion and wish as a father and husband. Yuichiro's passionate pursuit soon begins to transform his family, too, realizing how the ability to dream can create new and lasting bonds between people, and in their relationship to society.

A hot-blooded and meddlesome resident police officer, Ryo Shirase, is transferred to the southernmost manned island of Narumi-jima, where the Southern Cross can be seen. At first, it is thought that the peaceful island, in which people don’t even have to lock up their houses, does not need the resident police officer, but his personality and enthusiasm gradually change the minds of the islanders, who have been suffering from an aging population, a declining birthrate, and feeling of hopelessness…

Motoharu is an elite pilot who has just completed astronaut training at NASA. A past incident has caused him to go out searching for something missing in his life, but he hasn’t been able to find it and thus the void in his heart has only expanded. However, when Akiyama meets Reiko, a director at an investment bank who is looking at investing in an attempt at the first Japanese space shuttle launch, they are both changed forever. Although a mere chance encounter, their meeting seems to have much greater implications and deeper cosmic connections than even they are aware.

After 20 years of absence after her parent’s divorce, Miwo’s father shows up on her doorstep asking to live together. Now a high school teacher and all grown up, Miwo is puzzled but can’t refuse her own father. They begin living under the same roof, and it does not take Miwo long to learn her father has grown ill and does not have long to live. Will their short time together be enough to make up for their long time apart?

Sudo Misaki, an editor with misgivings about her professional and private life, is assigned to Nagase Koh, a popular romance novelist who has been in a two-year slump. Despite his profession, Nagase has never experienced true romance and becomes quite uncomfortable at the prospect. However, these two find themselves curiously drawn to each other and begin writing their own love story.

Living in an area known for its juvenile crime, 21 year-old Makoto has become a member of a youth gang called the G-Boys. Known for his cool head and ability to get things done, Makoto becomes a key trouble-shooter for the gang by diffusing tense situations and keeping his friends out of harm’s way. However, the death of his girlfriend and an escalating turf war with a rival gang threaten to be more than Makoto can handle.