The Little Angel of Star Sand Island: Mermaid Smile

Terumi has no memory of her life leading up to when she nearly drowned as a child in her town's local lake, Lake Shoryu. Terumi has been supported by her family and her close childhood friend Yukio since that time, although her family also does not seem to understand the reason for this childhood incident. 12 years later, Terumi finally decides to leave her town for a new job, but before doing so, begins investigating the drowning incident together with Yukio in order to know the truth. During her investigations, Terumi meets a man named Soda, who seems to have the same experience of nearly drowning and recovering with no memory as she does. As she digs deeper, a strange relationship between her and the legend of Lake Shoryu begins to surface.

A depressed middle-aged man takes up surfing after he retires.

Set between the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, during the Kenmu Restoration, the story follows the tale of Hojo Tokiyuki, a boy on the run after his family is overthrown by Ashikaga Takauji. With his only allies being a shady priest and his followers, the young lord must seek revenge and regain his glory, with his only weapon: a superhuman ability to flee and hide.

25-year-old Nanami is managing an amateur band. She is broke, cannot pay her rent, and the singer has run off. Yoshinori is 65. His wife dies the day before his retirement. Having suddenly lost everything, he becomes desperate. After the two accidentally meet, Nanami moves into Yoshinori's place and invites a few other people to become their flatmates – the beginning of an extraordinary life together.

Ryo works as a hairdresser at a successful beauty salon in Tokyo, Japan. He is popular at his workplace. A client, who works as a model, asks him to go out, but he says no. Due to turning down his client, Ryo is fired from his job. Making things worse, a fire breaks out at his apartment. Ryo then decides to go back to his hometown and work there. One day, he goes to the hospital to cut a girl's hair. After her haircut, the girl smiles and this changes Ryo.

17-year-old high school student and basketball player Migiwa has a secret crush on Riku. After lying about being able to surf, she loses a surfboard while practicing and sets off by bike along the Shonan coast to find it, meeting new people and growing along the way.

Middle-aged Keiji gets tired of taking care of his sick mother. Making things worse, the factory where he works goes bankrupt. Keiji decides to kill his mother. He puts her body into his car drives to his hometown. On the way, he meets Towako who has collapsed along a mountain path. Towako has lost her memory and she is trying to find her family. Keiji sees his mother through Towako. He lets Towako in his car and they keep driving. (Source: AsianWiki)