Kaitô Shina

During the height of the bubble economy, Akira Komi was celebrated as a young entrepreneur, but now his occupation is that of a househusband. His job is housework and his hobby is making homemade sake, making him quite unremarkable. His wife, Mitsuko, is a highly successful career woman. One day, while Mitsuko is away on a business trip, Akira Komi chases after an old dream and sets out in a boat with Mitsuko's cousin, Chiriko, towards a southern island.

Reina Sakuragi was once a popular actress in the world of "pink films" but has since retired. When the only surviving print of one of her movies is screened at the Fukuoka Okura Theater, Kota—who is on the verge of graduating high school— begins visiting the theater every day after his cousin secretly let him in. Then, by chance, Kota spots Reina on the streets of Hakata; she is now living as an ordinary housewife in a public housing complex. He soon discovers that she has resigned herself to an unhappy marriage.

Michi, a high school girl who loved to dance, often performed on a bridge with her friend Chabo. A photographer named Haruki would occasionally snap pictures of them, and the two girls eventually got to know him. One day, a man named Tatsuya told Chabo he would introduce her to a talent manager named Curry, and she went along with him. However, the plan was actually to make her a strip model; Chabo had been sold off to settle Tatsuya's debts. Chabo then deceived Michi and introduced her to Curry...