Chieko Sanda has operated a dry goods store in Kyoto for the past 20 years. Her family has owned the store for generations. Chieko is conflicted on whether her daughter Mai will take over her position with the changing of times. Mai is a college student and has not decided whether to take another job or take over the dry goods store. Meanwhile, Mitsuko Nakata runs a forestry in the outskirts of Kyoto. Mitsuko is Chieko Sanda’s twin sister, but they were separated at an early age. Mitsuko is in serious financial difficulties. Mituko's daughter, Yui, has talent in art and she goes to France. There, Yui feels a sense of powerlessness. Mitsuko notices and goes to Paris to see her daughter. Mai travels to Paris to take part in an event to show Japanese culture.
Meru
Garo: Soukoku no Maryu (lit. Blue Cries of the Demon Dragon) is the second film to the Garo series. The film serves as an epilogue after Makai Senki and leads up to The One Who Shines in the Darkness. The story continues after the events of Makai Senki. Having made a contract with Gajari, Kouga Saejima honors his end of the deal by traveling to the Promised Land to retrieve a part of Gajari: the Fang of Sorrow. After Kouga defeated Sigma, Gajari transported him to the Promised Land, however, his quest had unexpected results.
Kenichi Shibuya is a 50-year-old salaryman who divorced a few years back. Since the divorce, his relationship with his daughter has become awkward. One day, Kenichi Shibuya and his boss Yumi Ayase are struck by lightning and die. They go to the afterlife. There in the afterlife they hear of a legendary soup. If someone drinks the legendary soup, that person is reborn, but the reborn person has no memories of their prior life. Kenichi Shibuya then searches for the secrets in the legendary soup, hoping to be reborn, but not forget his daughter.
«Есть такое место… Туда ведёт небольшая лестница; там витает запах китайских конфет. За дверью пронзительно-розового цвета слышны звуки сумасшедшей музыки. Это место похоже на подвал. Они называют его своим ателье.» Всю свою жизнь — от раннего младенчества до нынешних 18-ти — Юкари была «хорошей девочкой». Она прекрасно учится. Она готовится поступить в престижный вуз. Она влюблена (робко и тайно, разумеется) в своего одноклассника. И вдруг (за какие грехи, спрашивается?), в один прекрасный день на улице к ней подходит парень с устрашающим пирсингом и просит (вернее, требует), чтобы она стала манекенщицей для «Paradise kiss»а — новой марки одежды от молодых, амбициозных и очень альтернативных дизайнеров…
