Michinori Toyoda

15-year-old Hatsuko (Higashi Ayu) lives with her elder brother in a humble town house. Their mother died when they were young, and the father disappeared. The brother (Shioya Shun) left high school before graduation to work at a factory, but spends their meager house-keeping money on adult entertainment. Hatsuko, who is poor and has no friends, finds emotional support in Mishima (Sano Kazuma), a boy in her class, who helps her with her study to go to a high school together. However, Hatsuko's brother causes trouble at the factory and gets the sack. Hatsuko gives up her dream of going to high school. In spring, the modest relationship continues between Mishima, now a high school student, and Hatsuko who works at a biscuit factory. One day, Hatsuko's long-gone father reappears. In a drunken frenzy, he sets fire to the house to go and rejoin the mother, leaving Hatsuko without a place to live. Hatsuko leaves the town on her own, drawing strength from the promise of marriage with Mishima.

メジャー・アイドルを目指す浅香アイ。移動中の車の中で口笛を吹いている曲は、自殺した親友、広美が作ってくれた『夢なら醒めて』だった。一方、フリーターのさえない男、利彦はアイに夢中で、ある日働いているコンビニでアイと出会う。アイの事なら知らないことはないと告げる利彦に、アイは驚きと共に親近感を覚える。数日後、アイは『夢なら醒めて』で歌手デビューにCM出演も決まり、その喜びを利彦と分かち合う。しかし、アイが忙しい日々を送るようになった頃、利彦のほうでは、体毛が抜け落ちるなどカラダに異変が起き始めていた。