A single mother, Etsuko works at a design firm and has to visit artist Nobuhiro Shimazaki at his studio. Nobuhiro addresses Etsuko as “Etchan,” a form of endearment, as if he’d known her for a long time. Nobuhiro tells her that he wants to do a painting of her. Etsuko obliges reluctantly, and thus begins her daily visits to the artist’s studio. One day, she learns from the police that Nobuhiro has died a mysterious death. Nobuhiro’s time of death is a matter of consternation for Etsuko because she had been with him at that time. In order to solve the mystery, Etsuko sneaks into Nobuhiro’s locked studio. She is shocked to find the chilling truth linking her to Nobuhiro.

Toji, a manager of a food section in a medium-sized department store, has to put up with a tough boss that makes every day a real struggle. But things start to look up for him though when he meets a pretty elevator girl named Nao. Just as he is starting to enjoy a new-found happiness at work, a new account manager from an advertising agency visits Toji’s division, and it is none other than Toji’s ex-girlfriend from university, Makoto. Toji is surprised to see her again but Makoto treats him as if she has never met him before. Now dealing with a tough job and caught in the middle of a jealous Nao and Makoto who dumped him, things couldn’t get much worse for Toji!

Here is a series of vignettes about love using hit J-pop songs from the 80s and 90s as the themes. In one story, a woman out to get back at her superior tries to make him fall in love with her only so she can hurt him. In another story, a woman is dumped after a long courtship, but unable to forget him, she ambushes him with a kiss at his wedding! Another tale tells of a woman having an affair ends up in a love triangle with her lover’s son. Stories of desperate love are told through various eyes.

Having achieved his life-long dream of being a pilot, Hajime is first officer on an international jetliner and is now working to become a captain. But he can’t seem to please Captain Kouda, who has become an exacting taskmaster since an air incident many years ago. To complicate matters, he begins a relationship with stubborn and straight-talking mechanic, Ayumi, whose parents died many years ago in the plane crash for which Captain Kouda feels he is responsible. What follows is a story of 21st century love, dreams and passion.

As a former gang member, Ichiban was witness to the worst side of the emergency medical system and vowed to become a doctor to change it. With the aggressive passion he learned on the streets, Ichiban has worked his way to becoming a no-nonsense emergency medicine resident. But it is this same passion that he must learn to control when confronted with a situation that is beyond his help.

A woman’s young son is kidnapped and the only clue to his disappearance is a note starting with the words “This is a quiz….” What follows is a fast-paced and stylish whodunnit which leads chief investigator Kaoru Kiriko of the Special Investigation Team down a trail of increasingly perplexing riddles that all the while seem to mock the efforts of the police. Street-smart Kaoru may be the kidnapper’s intellectual match, but as she gets closer to her mark, she finds herself becoming the hunted rather than the hunter.

A suspense-filled, modern adaptation of a Grimm fairytale expressing the cruelty and bizarre nature of the original. Ayumi Tachibana is a high school senior who lacks self-confidence and is bullied by classmates. Moreover, she is treated like a slave at home by her elder sister, Misato, who is a fashion model. One day, Ayumi is invited by her friend, Erika, to a mixer of popular students including Satoru. But there again, she is teased and made fun of. On her way home, she finds a photo that emits an eerie light, and hears a voice telling her, “Your prince awaits you.”