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.
A cure for a certain disease. The side effect was to "forget" a certain person. Seto Yukiya is a man who has "forgotten" his ex-girlfriend. Mikoto Hayashi, a woman who has had a crush on Yukiya for many years, lies to him that she was his lover. Chisa Nagato, a wife who has "forgotten" the loss of her beloved child. Her husband, Kojiro Nagato, tries to pretend that they never had a child. This is a story of two couples, a man and a woman, and the people who stand by them...
