Shugo Nagashima

携帯ショップで契約社員として働く里美（松本穂香）が、ある日突然会社を退社する。あっけにとられる元恋人の同僚や社員たち。退社の理由は、失恋後にペットショップで出会って一目ぼれし、新たに飼い始めた柴犬の子犬・クウちゃん。クウちゃんにのめり込んで四六時中一緒に生活するうち、クウちゃんは里美が少しでも離れると鳴き続けるようになる。クウちゃんを置いて仕事に行くことも出来ず、預金もどんどん減って追い詰められる里美。だが、クウちゃんを自立させようと助けを求めた動物病院で診断されたのは、里美のクウちゃんへの依存だった。重たいと言われて恋人にフラれたことを思い出した里美は、クウちゃんと適切な距離を取るべく努力を始める――。

In Tokyo, lonely patrons pay to sleep ("soine") with someone. Massage, cuddle, sleep… for comfort and nothing more than the warm embrace of another. Tasuku, a young man fresh out of a relationship, starts a new job as one of the cuddlers. He's nervous and reticent, but soon finds himself with a procession of clients, male as well as female. In his unique position as their companion, he finds himself privy to the true selves they keep closeted. Tender performance and contemplative writing elevate an exploration of the human need for comfort and tenderness, while learning to be true to oneself.

There are Tomoki, Shun, Kazuya, and Aita in Oiso, the seaside town. One day, Tomoki finds their teacher, Ito, who is their teacher and Kajya’s uncle, dead.