Mirume's grandfather
Mirume, un estudiante de arte de 19 años, recoge un día a una mujer que se encuentra caminando descalza en la carretera. Lo que se antoja como un encuentro casual parece ser obra del destino cuando vuelve a cruzarse con ella en el campus. Resulta ser su nueva profesora de litografía, Yuri. Mirume se siente atraído de inmediato por su burbujeante personalidad, y Yuri, veinte años mayor que él, responde a sus atenciones invitándole a su estudio y seduciéndole
Osamu Takayama
A non-prolific writer, Takayama Osamu and his wife, Yoshiko, though not blessed with children, live happily together. They should have had peaceful twilight years, but instead, Yoshiko suffers from Alzheimer's Disease, and Osamu also falls ill. Yoshiko, who cannot cope with daily life any longer, goes into a care home, and Osamu is admitted to a hospital, resulting in them living their remaining lives separately. One day, after some time, the couple who have kept battling their illnesses, manage to meet each other. Osamu breathes his last breath on the following day. People around Yoshiko find it difficult to inform her, but she seems to sense Osamu's death.
