Kyoko, que no podía creer nada en el mundo y vivía una vida desolada, conoce a Katsuya Honda, quien ha sido asignado como aprendiz educativo. Está a merced de Katsuya, que es grosero y tiene un fuerte hábito, y poco a poco se siente atraída por ella. Sin embargo, sus padres la repudian a raíz de un incidente con su compañero malo. Es un castigo que he estado haciendo tanto como me gusta. Katsuya aparece frente a Kyoko, quien piensa que sí...
Kako, una adolescente de 16 años, va a un mixer que simula ser 22. Mientras está allí, se encuentra con Kouta, quien al principio tiene un aura muy intimidante. Pero una vez que la salva de una situación incómoda, quiere saber más sobre él como él. Eso es hasta que descubre que no tiene 22 años. Al día siguiente, Kako se encuentra con él otra vez, pero esta vez está trabajando como oficial de policía. Kako todavía quiere acercarse a Kouta, pero no le interesa ... ¿o es así?
Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special tree called "Raiou" (the tree was struck by lightning at one time with the broken part eventually sprouting out cherry blossoms). The young woman lived freely in the mountains after she was abducted as a young child. The couple soon fall in love under the Raiou tree, but become acutely aware of their different social positions & the ramifications it has on their relationship.
On April 5, 2007, a couple married in a church. At first glance, it was a typical wedding. The bride, however, was suffering from late-stage breast cancer and had been given only a month to live. A young woman is diagnosed with breast cancer but keeps the information from her boyfriend. When he finds out, he decides to plan a wedding even though she only has one month to live. Based on the true story of Chie Nagashima, a women afflicted with breast cancer and her husband Taro Akasu.
A son quits his job and is persuaded by his father to head off to a cottage in the remote mountains. Together, the two of them manage to get through their days while wearing old jerseys left by a deceased grandmother. The following summer, the two once again leave the stifling heat of Tokyo, as if escaping to the mountain cottage. However, the next summer is very different...