Emi Kawana

Kei keeps her truck rolling day after day, always thinking of her young daughter, Iku, who lives apart from her. Kei’s protégé, Maako, also drives a truck to pay her little sister Mio’s school fees. One day, Kei spots Mio taking money from a middle-aged man. Not long after, word comes that Maako has quit her job…

Kojima, a struggling office worker, goes to a video store to return an adult video he rented, only to find Atsumi there, who has been working part-time there for the last few days, Atsumi is an elite student and Kojima's classmate in English conversation class who looks down on him. Enraged, Kojima pulls out a knife and drags Atsumi into the back of the shop, intending to rape her...

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After losing her trusted father-in-law, Kana had an affair with her brother-in-law Shuji to ease her loneliness, but then disappeared. Five years later, Shuji married Yukiko and was working as a teacher at a rural school. One day, he saw Kana in town. Kana had become the wife of Takeuchi, the detective who had arrested her for prostitution. However, she remained closed off. Shuji happens to meet Takeuchi and hears Kana's story. A few days later, Kana disappears from Takeuchi's home...

Kana, an office worker, lives with her mother, Sanoko, and her stepbrother, Shuji. Having endured an unstable childhood due to her mother’s free-spirited nature, Kana had found a sense of security in Ryuichi—Sanoko’s second husband—and enjoyed a peaceful life thereafter. However, following Ryuichi’s death, Sanoko’s life began to unravel once more. Seeking a replacement for the stability Ryuichi had provided, Kana enters into an illicit affair with Kurahashi, a business associate. Meanwhile, Shuji, while sympathizing with Kana’s plight, realizes that his own feelings for her have grown beyond mere sibling affection...