Long is a Taiwanese killer known for his sword skills. After Long fails a Tokyo mission, he moves to a small town where no one knows about him.

Takashi used to wrestle and take himself seriously, but that he was a comic figure is now apparent to all including himself with his mask and get-up since he officially wrestles as a joke. He has not told his son what he does for a living, but the boy finds out and lies to his school-mate about his father’s line of work.

Da Chuan, who was born in the 1980s, used to work at a train accessory factory as a repairman in Qiqihar city of Heilongjiang province, Northeast China. As majority of the average people there, his life is nothing special but...

TV producer Aoyama Shigeharu (Ryo Ishibashi) is a middle-class man, Shigehiko (Tetsu Sawaki) his teenage son. His friend, movie producer Yoshikawa (Jun Kunimura), has the perfect palliative for Aoyoma's loneliness: test out a number of possible new wives by holding a phony movie audition. The clueless Shigeharu eagerly agrees, and he and Yoshikawa hold interviews marked by questions about sex that seem to have little to do with acting. Aoyama eventually settles on tall, otherworldly waif Asami (played by ex-model Eihi Shiina). The more seasoned Yoshikawa senses that something's not quite right with Asami; he investigates and finds many a hole in her story.

Set 2 years after Sangenya Machi and Yashiro Dai left Teiko Real Estate's Shinjuku office.

The real estate office has seen a steep decline in business due to competition. Niwano Seiji visits Sangenya Machi for help, but he is surprised to see her holding a baby.

The next day, Sangenya appears at Teiko Real Estate and deals with customers who are having problems.

An artist reunites with her brother after the two were separated years ago when she left Liudau, an island off of Taiwan.

Kazunari is the half-assed younger brother who appears to be thoughtful and diligent, and his older brother Takuji is a violent troublemaker. Takuji finished his prison sentence for robbery and has made himself comfortable at Kazunari's apartment. Meanwhile, Yuria is competent at work but unattractive, whereas her little sister Mako is pretty but dumb. Yuria has fallen in love with Kazunari, a salesman for one of her clients, but one-day Kazunari and Mako start going out.

Dr. Kuriharai Ichito works at a clinic in Nagano Prefecture. He rarely has any free time due to the clinic's shortage of doctors and the constant influx of patients. Ichito even sometimes diagnoses patients out of his area of specialty and sometimes goes days without sleeping. He hopes to work at a major hospital where he can get more free time to spend with his wife Haruna and also specialize in his field of study. However, Ichito is also reluctant to add to shortage of doctors at the clinic and break his relationships with the patients. One day, Dr. Kuriharai Ichito clears out the belongings of a terminal cancer patient who passed away. Durin this time, he discovers a letter made out to him thanking him for the care he provided to her, even though he could not cure her sickness. Dr. Kuriharai Ichito then has a revelation about the medical chart he keeps in his hand - filled with personal observations and concerns.