Soma Orikasa

Norio and his girlfriend, Mari Tanabe, have been dating for three years. They lived a peaceful life until one summer day, where Norio comes home to experience a peculiar sensation. The moment he sees the strong sun rays shining into his apartment, he realizes that Mari isn’t there. Instead, he finds an unfamiliar-looking woman who tells him that she is here to live with him. The eerie pale-skinned woman then introduces herself as Mari..

Young novelist Haruhiko, along with his girlfriend Ririko, are having lunch with his cousin Yoko as she talks about an important night from three years ago. We cut to: Jiro visits a bar run by Akira and Yoko and reunites after a long absence. Akira and Jiro are best friends since college. Yoko and Akira are now married, but Yoko had a relationship with Jiro in her past. The three friends are excited to be reunited, but at the same time, there is a sense of tension. Yoko and Jiro disappeared while Akira was in the bathroom. Two people burning up under the overpass. Akira catches them in the act... Haruhiko begins writing a novel based on these three people. Ririko tries to stop Haruhiko from sinking into Yoko excessively, but the world of novels has an unexpected ending...

11月初めの秋、付き合って５年が経つ沙良と遼は熱海旅行に来ている。有給休暇を使った3泊4日のささやかな旅行だ。遼は沙良と結婚する準備をしているが、沙良は遼と結婚をしたくない。なぜ結婚をしたくないのか自分でも分からない沙良は、旅先でも遼を避けて行動している。二日目の午後、沙良は一人で室内プールに行った。そこで背中に大きな傷を負った山崎という男に声をかけられる。