The story is set in the devastated area of Kamata, Tokyo, in 1945 just after the end of the war. Horikita plays Shimomura Umeko, the youngest of three siblings whose father is a doctor at a university hospital. Compared to her outstanding sister Matsuko and brother Takeo, she lacks self-confidence, but an incident makes her determined to become a local doctor. However, her path is fraught with failures. --Tokyograph 

It tells the story of the demon king and the unlucky princess as they weave through memories of the past in a collection of books. With a mission to complete, they experience the love and sadness of various spirits and monsters.

Chun Yao used to be an immortal tasked with guarding the monsters in Wangchuan. He is banished from the heavens for committing a mistake and becomes the king of all monsters in Hundred Spirits Lake. When princess Han Sheng of Bailu Kingdom enters the lake, she discovers that she is carrying a book that only monsters possess. The arrogant Chun Yao has no choice but to take her along in an adventure to seek the mystery behind the books which leads them to uncover many stories:

Daoist monk Bu Fan meets Bai Shan , a temptress who steals the life span of women to prolong her husband's life.

Kong Qi who silently guards his beloved and the god of war Xiao Shan face a trial in love and come to realize the importance of cherishing the person before you.

Shen Ci is a mermaid who falls in love with Xie Changye , a hostage of Beilu Kingdom. She voluntarily endures the pain of removing her tail to become his aide, yet they are caught in the power struggles around them.

Wu Gen who was formed from the water of Guanyin is sent to raise Si Tong . After Si Tong grows up, Wu Gen must destroy him along with the devilish miasma of the Sprite Abyss but starts to form a strong bond with Si Tong as his father and his teacher.

All her life Jin Ji Ni has been running for her life as the annonymous and seemingly omnipresent Melchidech tracks her down. When she decides that she needs to attack rather than run away, she seeks the help of Private Investigator Ji Woo, a man who will solve any case as long as he recieves the right sum of money. Ji Woo has been framed for the murder of his best friend Kevin and as the search for Melchidech sends Ji Ni and Ji Woo across Asia, the Korean Police officers Do Soo and Yoon So Ran follow. Knowing that Ji Woo will use Ji Ni as bait in order to find Melchidech, her boyfriend Kai also follows, demanding that Ji Ni stays with him. However, when Ji Ni learns more about the reason for being wanted by Melchidech, she intends to stay alongside Ji Woo and unravel the mystery together.

For the second season, Tamura's hard-boiled attitude was toned down, turning him into more of a comical figure as he tries to juggle an affair with married woman named Sugiyama Tomoko and a simultaneous relationship with his young lover Fujisawa Ayumi .

Jeon Nok Du is a man with extraordinary ambition to experience the big, wide world. With looks, brains, and athletic abilities, he is the epitome of perfection. After being swept up in an incident, he disguises himself as a woman to join a mysterious all-woman community and meets Dong Dong Joo.

Dong Dong Joo is a prickly gisaeng trainee. Along with her fiery personality, she is clumsy, has absolutely no sense of rhythm, and is tone-deaf, which makes all of her peers look after her. However, she is skilled with her hands as she can make anything if given the right tools. Unable to stand injustice, she speaks her mind.

Due to this fact, Jeon Nok Du ends up saving Dong Dong Joo from a dangerous situation. After that, she suddenly becomes Jeon Nok Du’s adopted daughter and he decides to live in the widow village for 1 year.

A story that follows the traditional good wife who encounters setbacks, yet retains her fighting spirit to move forward in life. For years, Li Jiayu (Betty Yao) has taken the duties of caring for her husband's entire household meticulously and wholeheartedly. When her father-in-law had acute liver cirrhosis and needed a donor, she gave him a portion of her liver without question. However, her world is turned upside down when she learns that her husband He Haoze (Li Tai) has been in love with her friend Zhou Xinyan (Shin Min Hee). The shocking discovery comes as a fatal blow to Li Jiayu's psyche. While walking along the mountain, she loses her footing and falls off a cliff. Li Tianming (Lee Wei) saves Li Jiayu who has lost her memories. She begins to carve out a new life for herself and through Lin Tianming's encouragement, she discovers her hidden talents for coffee making, which starts her on a path in the coffee industry. As Li Jiayu and Lin Tianming gradually fall for each other, what will happen when Li Jiayu's memories return?

Takes place against the backdrop of an art museum that belongs to Sung Jin Group, a major conglomerate that holds the reins of the political and financial worlds in South Korea. It is a psychological mystery thriller about the things that disappear when humans become greedy and ambitious for power.

Yoon Jae Hee is the head of the Sung Jin Cultural Foundation and in charge of operations at “Space Jin,” the art museum owned by Sung Jin Group. She is also the second daughter-in-law of the family that controls Sung Jin Group. Believing that poverty is corrosive to love and that a stable income leads to a steady life, she chose to throw away her long-time lover and entered into a marriage of convenience with Jung Joon Hyuk, an illegitimate son of Sung Jin Group. In order to make her husband the nation’s president, she teams up with the future Public Prosecutor General and goes to war against Sung Jin Group.

Jung Joon Hyuk is Yoon Jae Hee’s husband. Although he is a popular anchorman with his own fan club, he hides an inferiority complex over being labeled “the illegitimate son of Sung Jin Group” for his whole life. He laughs at both ambitious people and those who pretend to have no ambition even as he waits for the day when he can seize the reins of power.

A woman has four granddaughters and she is very protective of them when it comes to men because her daughter (their mom) died because of their father's lecherous ways. Also, the eldest was hurt by an ex boyfriend. Each granddaughter will have her own man come into her life and eldest sister will have her ex lover come back into her life. Kaew is the only granddaughter that follows her grandma's order and keeps an eye out for her older sisters.