The unemployed Shibata Michiko is betting everything she has on her romance with a younger man—literally. In order to keep him happy, she deprives herself... more>> of the things she wants and buys him expensive clothing and accessories. Since she's flat out broke, she needs to find a job before she starves to death and loses her young love interest. However, Michiko discovers that the boy was never interested in her romantically. Depressed at being dumped and after a series of unsuccessful interviews, she bumps into Kurosawa—an intimidating former boss she used to dislike. <<less

Spring of 1921 in the Taisho era, Ichijo Maria had lost her parents and entrusted herself to a friend's family. She leaves the house when... more>> the father became physical with her. Maria wanders the town and collapses in front of her old house. She is saved by a young doctor called Toudou Sei. There, she learns the house is currently being used as a dorm by the doctors of Imperial Maria Hospital. Remembering her fathers words, "I was tricked by Toudou!" she works there as a maid under a fake alias in order to reach the truth... <<less

The romance story follows a young man who works at a restaurant and a career woman who works at a hotel. The man has taken... more>> an interest in the woman after always seeing on the same train together, and suddenly calls out to her. <<less

Kinue is a saleswoman in the futon section of a department store. Despite her plain clothes and poor makeup, she ends up being transferred to... more>> the women's clothing department, where she has to be trained by her extraordinarily fashionable boss. Needless to say, a makeover is in order. <<less

After her normal, happy life shatters, Tokiko and her father move to a small seaside town to live with her grandmother as sixth grade starts.... more>> There, the sound of the waves brings back a distant memory from when she visited seven years ago, a memory of almost drowning in the sea and being saved by a merman. Are there really mermaids in that sea? Tokiko adjusts to her new life in the small town as she holds out hope of once more meeting the merman who saved her. <<less

Shirou, an elite office worker, becomes the acting principal of 'Kirakira Nursery' after his grandmother gets hospitalized. At first, he has a hard time dealing... more>> with the children since he's not used to it, but after being touched by the kids' innocence and cuteness, and sympathizing with the various situations the parents are in, he begins to remember his childhood dream... <<less

As the end of high school looms near, Mayuko is unhappy with her performance in the last mock exams. Nudged by her friend Megu, she... more>> seeks help from Haru, another classmate. They become friends, and maybe, just maybe, something more. <<less