Erika Osanai

7 histoires courtes dont le dénominateur commun est le portrait d'héroïnes féminines, aux destins contrastés et issues de régions très diverses du monde. Chacune de ces femmes affronte un défi particulier dans sa vie avec une détermination et un courage extrêmes qui les rendent plus fortes et plus conscientes d'elles-mêmes. Certaines de ces histoires inspirantes et valorisantes sont inspirées d'événements réels, tandis que d'autres relèvent de la fiction narrative.

Risa and Takumi were born and raised in Kanazawa. Dating for a year and a half. At the age of 30, the two people around them started to talk about marriage, and they decided to live together. The two, who have become conscious of marriage, gradually notice the gap as they share time with each other. At that time, Risa's feelings changed as a result of an incident with her female friend, Mako, who was consulting with her about marriage.

High school studen Mafu lost her mother when she was a child and lives with her father, step-mother and six-year-old half-sister Maaya. Her drunken father beats her and she feels isolated at school, and her only companion is little Maaya with her vivid fantasy life. One day, Mafu and Maaya get lost in the woods and meet Masa and his uncle Jiro, who live in an old house at the forest entrance and make a living as hunters. As she spends time with Masa, Mafu recalls songs from her childhood and memories of her mother. Mafu and Maaya embark on new a journey in this mysterious forest overflowing with music and song.

Ittetsu and Maitsuko are married, but they are not just any normal couple. They robbed a bank and took a cool million or two from the capitalists. Then they duly vanished. Years have passed and their children have congregated to divide their parents' money, but first there is the matter of arrangements and a funeral.

Oomae Haruko est une travailleuse intérimaire A+ qui ne souri jamais. Elle est cynique mais ultra compétente. Satonaka Kensuke vient d'être promu à la tête de la nouvelle division Marketing de S&F. Accompagné d'un groupe de subalternes, il a du mal à faire décoller sa division. Quand Oomae est placée dans le département de Kensuke, elle se retrouve confrontée à une tache difficile.