Tomoko Akutsu

It's 20 years later and the Isono family is having a rough time. Katsuo is facing a series of professional setbacks. Wakame is having a tough time coming up with original designs. Tarao is in the process of job hunting but can't find what he wants to do. Sazae wants to do her best to return happiness to her family in the face of an impending storm during the Bon Odori competition.

L stopped enjoying life as a little girl. She flees abuse at the hands of her adoptive parents and heads for the big city. There, L's life is wrecked by a string of bad relationships, and she takes the fall for a friend who commits murder and ends up in jail.

Suzuki Mitsu is a talented contract engineer working for an IT company, but it wasn't their benefits package that attracted her. She's working for the company that drove her late husband to suicide, and she won't rest until she exacts her revenge on each and every person responsible.

An aspiring drummer suddenly loses her spot in the band. But when a brilliant musician recruits her for his new band, her life takes a passionate turn.

A devoted husband’s suspicion of his wife’s infidelity leads him into a web of deception and hidden truths in this intense tale of love and betrayal.

One day, Atsushi was suddenly told by his close friend Masa that Aota Niina has been abducted. Aota Niina is a female student from Seiryu Gakuen, and is someone whom Masa fell in love with at first sight. Atsushi went to Masa's apartment and found Niina being tied up. After hearing that the school's number one delinquent Ushijima would be arriving, Atsuhi quickly escaped the apartment with Niina. After that incident, Atsushi told Niina that the culprit was Ushijima, not Masa. However, due to trauma, Niina could not sleep at night and told Atsushi to take responsibility by becoming her bodyguard.

A strict but loving grandma solves a myriad of issues for the people around her! Doumeki Miki lives in a small rural village surrounded by abundant nature and beautiful scenery. After becoming a widow at an early age, she’s spent many years working as a leader in her village. A beautiful, intelligent woman in her 70s, she’s incredibly spry, with perfect posture.

Kazuko Yamase is a 23-year-old, broken-hearted freeter. One day, she sees a knitted teddy bear that really appeals to her. She decides to buy it. Later, the knitted teddy bear suddenly speaks! Within the teddy bear, Yasuo Amano's spirit lives. He is the person who knitted the teddy bear and he was also detective. Kazuko then becomes involved in a case with Yasuo and helps to solve the case.