Aya Kaida

Miki runs a beauty salon. Her common-law husband, Taiji, has a rough, yakuza-like temperament and is in debt; yet, Miki’s mature body craves him, and she has even taken out a large insurance policy on herself for his sake. However, Taiji repeatedly cheats on her behind her back. Then, one day, her assistant Hitomi strikes out on her own, and the salon’s clientele begins to dwindle. It appears that customer data has been leaked...

Mako, a life insurance saleswoman, struggles to improve her performance and faces constant reprimands from her manager, Koizumi. One day, she runs into Isao, a boyfriend from her student days. Through an introduction from Koizumi, she visits Murayama—a man who has made a fortune in illegal lending—and is forced to offer her body in exchange for securing a large insurance contract. Meanwhile, Isao, who works at a detective agency, discovers that Murayama was involved in the incident that drove Mako’s mother to suicide. Upon learning this, Mako begins to harbor murderous intent toward Murayama...