When newspaper reporter Kanae Michiue suspects that a young politician hailed as a future prime minister is being manipulated, she looks into his past in an effort to find out by whom. His secretary? Or someone else? She discovers several mysterious deaths have occurred during the politician’s stellar political rise, including that of her own father. What is the “peculiar relationship” between the politician and his talented secretary? One newspaper reporter is determined to find out in this political drama laced with mystery and passion.

The “scarlet badge” is issued only to 1st Criminal Investigation Unit detectives. The badge is a proud symbol of dedication and passion by an elite cops of crime fighters including unit veteran, Sosuke Ato, and his rookie female partner, An Narutaki, of the newly-minted Search 1 New Service (NS) section. Narutaki has attained her long-cherished dream of becoming a cop but finds herself exhausted beyond belief by irregular hours in a male-dominated workplace. Wondering whether time is running out on her for settling down and raising a family, the thirty-something rookie and her talented partner with a secret past take on one hard-to-crack criminal mystery after another.

Teru Mahigashi is a young surgical doctor who has just completed his internship training. But when he takes up a post at the Yasuda Memorial Hospital, nicknamed “Valhalla”, he is branded a “screw-up.” Until the day Teru finds himself the only surgeon available as a young critically-injured girl is brought in. Feeling the weight of a life in his hands, Teru vows to never let anyone die on him again, and undergoes a life-altering transformation.

The Villa Et Alors is a stylish retirement that allows its residents a great amount of freedom in living their lives. Maybe too much freedom! Takafumi Kurusu, a doctor, who has taken over management of the villa following his father’s death, has his hands full fielding the various romantic problems of the residents. The villa’s resident playboy is jumping from woman to woman. A female resident has fallen in love with the villa’s young physiotherapist and when Kurusu tries to dissuade her he suddenly finds himself the object of her affections! Exhausted by his charges, Kurusu grumbles to his longtime girlfriend about the residents at home, but soon finds them influencing his life in more ways than he imagined!