"One is an immortal flower of Fairyland, the other fair flawless jade. And were it not predestined, why should they meet again in this lifetime? Yet, if predestined, why does their love amount to nothing?" This classic story follows the everyday events and declining fortunes of the Jia family, a wealthy feudal clan. At its heart is the tragic love triangle between cousins Jia Bao Yu, Lin Dai Yu and Xue Bao Chai, and a fate long decided before this existence.

An aspiring young doctor enrols in an international school where she befriends an eccentric foreign exchange student. She wants to excel in English at a top school. Instead, she finds a quirky ally who teaches her about more than books.

Kiriyama Shuichiro works as an information management officer in the prefectural police station. As he is very observant and has interest in the unresolved cases which have gone past the legal time frame (statute of limitations) i.e. the culprit cannot be charged even if he/she is caught, he investigates the cases without permission with the aim of "confirming" the culprit only. Some charateristics of this character would be his dark green spectacles, his wallet containing 20,000 yen at all times and he likes udon and nyuumen.

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During the summer in 2014, popular actor Takayuki Yamada is filming his role in a new movie. During this time, he is having problems separating his character from his real self. Takayuki Yamada decides to read manga “Uhyo! Tokyo-to Kita-ku Akabane.” The manga depicts unique, real people living in the Akabane area of Tokyo. Takayuki Yamada is impressed with the manga. He also decides to go to Akabane to find himself.

Takayuki Yamada first contacts director Nobuhiro Yamashita and asks him to film him in Akabane. He then makes an appointment to meet manga writer Toru Seino (writer and main character in "Uhyo! Tokyo-to Kita-ku Akabane”) in Akabane. Takayuki Yamada goes on to meet other people from the manga and also interacts with his acting friends Gou Ayano, Kyosuke Yabe, director Hitoshi One, musician Kazuya Yoshii and others.

Bao Zheng is a man who has solved multiple cases in Kaifeng and Yu Rou is a young woman wholeheartedly devoted to him. Liu E is the beloved concubine of the Song Emperor but she conspires with Zhang De Lin in a quest for more power.

A touching love story about a girl Kano Masaki (Fukada) who contracted HIV after selling her body in order to earn money for the concert of a famous composer Ishikawa Keigo (Kaneshiro). After the concert, Keigo saw Masaki chasing after his van. She was drenched, and thus Keigo took her to his apartment, where they spent the night.

In the year 1936, a new party member accidentally discovers secret information that triggers the Xi'an Incident, thus beginning a story of infighting and schemes. When he was young, Wu Zhongming (Wang Xuebing) was separated from his older brother Wu Boying by kidnappers. He joins the Communist party later on and gets captured during one of his missions. His older brother tries to rescue him but dies in his stead. This happens during a time before the Xi'an Incident and the city has turned into a crucial place for vital intel. To win the final victory, the Communist party sends Wu Zhongming to go undercover as his twin brother Wu Boying and infiltrate the Kuomintang.