Hideyuki Setune

Ever since losing her pharmacist husband, Nariaki, in a traffic accident, Yuko had been emotionally unstable and was under the care of Takeo—a doctor at the hospital where her husband had worked—and his wife, Ayako. After taking a tranquilizer given to her by Takeo, Yuko lost consciousness and was sexually assaulted by him. The drug was, in fact, a novel sexual stimulant that Nariaki himself had developed, and a major conflict soon erupted over its manufacturing manual.

Aki, a legal secretary, is in a relationship with Shinji, a trainee lawyer. Disliking the idea of ​​being tied down, she gives a vague response when Shinji proposes marriage. Her father, Teiji, worries constantly about his daughter, who is of marriageable age, while her mother, Yoko, is obsessed with overseas travel and shows little interest in the family. One day, Aki’s older brother, Kazuhiko, and his wife, Yuko, arrive asking to stay for a while because their apartment has burned down...