Takehiro Shindo

Aki is an unsuccessful 29-year-old actress who eventually became a magician's assistant. While pretending to be hypnotised on the stage, Aki finds the boundary between reality and illusion becoming increasingly vague. For Aki, the only beautiful memory she has was the time spent with her lover Kaito.

Rina and Aoi are a pair of identically dressed girls who become influentially popular in Harajuku. Through the kind favors of suspicious talent broker they appear in a music video, but afterwards, it is only Rina who is recruited by a talent agency.

A mysterious teacher leads the “Blue Student Council,” a group of gifted teens who transfer from school to school to break oppressive caste hierarchies, until a new mission exposes the secret behind the council itself.

Once the untouchable prince at the top of the school hierarchy, Goto Naoya had everything: wealth, looks, intelligence, and the kind of charisma everyone admired. Sato Takaaki, meanwhile, was the gloomy outcast constantly ordered around by Naoya like a personal errand boy. Even when faced with Naoya’s selfish and unreasonable demands, Takaaki never once resisted. Ten years later, their worlds have completely flipped. After failing as a company president, Naoya loses everything and is left unemployed, clinging desperately to the pride he has left behind. Takaaki, on the other hand, has become the successful young CEO of a rising IT venture company. Their social standings are now the exact opposite of what they once were. And yet, despite the reversal, Takaaki still remains faithfully by Naoya’s side, devoting himself to him almost like a servant.

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.

In the coastal region of Shonan, a young man enlists the help of a eccentric local pet detective to search for his missing pet cat. When the man is unable to pay for the detective's help, he joins the unusual agency to pay off the debt.

An awkward teen joins a group of popular classmates on a school trip, sparking an unexpected romance with the most popular and charming boy in school.

A hardworking beauty advisor is blackmailed by his cocky junior colleague, but their rivalry soon turns into a top-selling romantic partnership.