Yagyu Sekishusai is a consumate swordsman teaching the Yagyu Shinkage style of fencing from his family dojo. His ambition has always been to achieve fame for the Yagyu clan. His son Munenori hangs around with the local ninja children and frequently avoids practice to do so. As a result, the father considers the son to be weak and is harsh and disparaging both in training and personal life. After Munenori's older brother is injured during the Battle of Sekigahara, Sekishusai decides to name his grandson Hyogonosuke as his successor as head of the Yagyu Shinkage school, considering Munenori to be unworthy of the position. Munenori witnesses his 'mutodori' technique of unarmed combat against a weapon-bearing opponent & then sets out to develop his own style based not on the desire to kill but to defend one's self. He becomes a master in his own right while forming a strong alliance with the Tokugawa who ascend to take power in the land. Munenori becomes a highly-placed key vassal for the Tokugawa, initially as sword instructor & then as Minister of Justice. He also helps to institute the draconian policies of suppression designed to quell any opposition to Tokugawa rule thereby bringing peace to the nation. This viewpoint is not appreciated by his son Yagyu Jubei Mitsuyoshi who is opposed to what he sees as underhanded tactics, regardless of their eventual results 'for the greater good'. Father and son must put aside their differences in order to confront a plot that could de-stabilise the country.

A woman falls in love with a married man. She gets pregnant and he takes her to live in his home, while lying to his wife that she's a friend's girlfriend who got dumped because of her pregnancy.

The noted robotics expert Dr. Kohmyoji created a powerful android to protect Japan from evil forces. When Hakaider starts his own evil organization, Dr. Kohmyoji's android, Kikaider 01, awakens to fight Hakaider.

Hakaider has three assistants, Red Hakaider, Blue Hakaider, and Silver Hakaider. Together, they devise various schemes to cause destruction, but Kikaider 01 stops them all. Kikaider appears to assist Kikaider 01. Their chief goal is to capture a young boy, named Akira.

After Hakaider's attempts fail, a new, mysterious character appears, Shadow Knight. Shadow Knight is a member of a competing, evil organization, SHADOW. When SHADOW proved to be more powerful than Hakaider, Hakaider unwillingly becomes a member of SHADOW.

It was later revealed that Hakaider has the brain of Professor Gill (also from the Kikaider TV series) within him. Professor Gill had designed a powerful robot and had tattooed the plans onto his two sons: Akira and his brother Hiroshi. Throughout the series, SHADOW helps Gill in building his robot, and Kikaider 01's fight to stop them.

Tao Hua is a kind hearted girl, who has five older brothers: Chen He, Chen Qi, Chen Cheng, Chen Zhuan, and, Chen Yu Yi. Chen He, Chen Qi, Chen Cheng, and Chen Zhuan are very over-protective of Tao Hua, on the other hand Yu Yi lets Tao Hua slack of and have her freedom. When Tao Hua meets Shi Lang, she is immediately falling head over heels for him. The only problem is... will her four over-protective brothers accept their feelings for each other. When Zhi Qiang and Hui Qi come into the love triangle, it becomes a battle worth fighting for. Will Tao Hua and Shi Lang be together or will Tao Hua's four brothers, Zhi Qiang and Hui Qi break them apart?

The adventures of the lead palace chief in qing dynasty, Kangxi emperor's reign, as he starts from a poor bad cook (with great cuting skills) to china's NO.1 chief.

After lying in bed and reading the comic "Conquest of Longtan Town", Mengqi is very angry and writes a long speech accusing the author. As a result, a thunderbolt splits her into the comic book, while she is experiencing the last confession of the miserable heroine, and if she refuses, the downfall will be revenge by the male protagonist Qin Yuewen, who dies of depression. In order to survive in the comic book, Mengqi can only be resigned to play the game of affection with Qin Yuewen, but the reality is far from what she thought was so simple. The reality is not as simple as she thought. When she crosses over to the comic, Meng Qi not only has to deal with the time bomb around her, Qin Yuewen, but also has to run the Jufu Tavern, which is about to close down, and her rival Meiduo keeps exerting pressure. Qin Yuewen is the owner of Black Wind Village and is entrusted by the village elders to get close to Mengqi in order to obtain the treasure map on her body, but in order not to reveal himself he can only seduce Mengqi with his beauty. But in the long time together, they have mutual affection, together through the difficulties, and eventually the business will become more and more prosperous. When both of them return home, a thunderstorm wakes up Mengqi, who turns out to be just a dream.

Laveng is a journalist who works for a TV news station and is engaged to Kawee, the head of the special news team. Her life was going well until one day, she suffers a deadly car accident. Her spirit switches bodies with the fragile Amavasee who is suffering a heart problem and was sent to the hospital at the same time. She wakes up and is taken to Amavasee's home by her parents, where she meets Yo, Amavasee's fiance.

The story takes place in northern China in early 1945 in a small town - Mission City. The story depicts its main characters during the Japanese invasion.