Ichigo no Kakera is het verhaal van Ichigo Nekoda (Aki Kajiwara), een mangakunstenaar die 12 jaar geleden bekend stond om haar shojo-manga Cherry Road.

Ichigo no kakera deals with a female manga artist Ichigo Nekoda (Miyazawa), whose career is heading into a downward spiral as she can't reinvent the success of her 12 year old hit the Cherry Road. Now in her early 30's she's become quite fond of alcohol and egoism to some annoyance of her loyal manager Tomoko (Kajiwara), who isn't willing to leave her side even though the financial strains of her client are also becoming her personal burdens. Ichigo still gets greeted by her female fans and willingly signs autographs, but getting praised for work that she's done over a decade ago doesn't digest as smoothly as one would assume. Her on and off man, who happens to also be her editor steers toward the off days more than usual as he also grows tired of Ichigo's uninspired ways. But when the going gets tough, Ichigo heads down to a transvestite bar where she's more than welcomed with words of wisdom and a few hard drinks.

漫画家・猫田イチゴはスランプに陥っていた。かつて絶大な人気を得た少女漫画を手掛けたイチゴだが、そのモデルであり、もうこの世にいない憧れの楠瀬先輩のことが忘れられず、新しい作品を描けないでいた。そんなある日、イチゴはトラックにはねられ…。

Ichigo no Kakera es la historia de Ichigo Nekoda (Aki Kajiwara) una artista de manga que Fue conocida 12 años atras por su Shojo manga Cherry Road.