Boy Sprouted

Oomae Haruko is an A+ Temp worker who never cracks a smile or minces words, and leaves work on the dot. But her cynical nature indicates she has something painful to hide. Satonaka Kensuke has just been promoted to head S&F's new Marketing Division. Saddled with a rag-tag group of subordinates, he is struggling to lift his division off the ground. When Oomae is placed in Kensuke's department, she finds herself doing more work than she's ever done before. This is a timely drama that examines the different attitudes toward temp workers and regular employees, and the ways to overcome frictions in interpersonal relationships. This follows an October report on labor conditions by the Labor Ministry, which showed that, after regulations were relaxed, the proportion of regular employees to Temps had doubled compared to that of eight years ago.

A young couple's announcement of their engagement to their friends is followed by a series of interactions and conflicts that forces everyone to reflect on their lives.

Rica, a woman who lost her memory is found by the lakeside. Staying with her discoverer Ataru, she wanders about the town seeking for clues to her past. While Rica gets back some framented memories, such as the experience as a hooker and her own pregnancy, Ataru, who secretly has a gender identity disorder, is roaming the town as well for the pursuit of his gender and sexuality. One day, Rica sees a vision of her memory in which she was almost killed by the lakeside and expects that the killer knows her past. These two drifters with a sense of loss undergo a gradual change...

As people pass by the busy station square, a man wearing a white shirt and a pair of black slacks is standing next to an automatic photo stand. Then a smart, good looking woman passes his side before entering a cafe. The man seems to know the woman. The man follows her in to the cafe. Just a short ten minute conversation over a cup of coffee, shared by the two.