Nao's father is a doll maker and wants her to inherit his business. However, Nao doesn't want to be making dolls for the rest of her life and ends up getting kicked out of the house and fleeing to Tokyo. This was two years ago. In Tokyo, Nao gets swindled by someone calling himself a talent scout and keeps failing at auditions. She soon falls into debt and tries to survive by working part time at a night club and holding other extra jobs. Nao wants to be an actress, but becomes very impatient and makes a big error. It is something that even her boyfriend Riku must never know. Then one day, the one person in her whole family who approves of Nao's goal of becoming an actress suddenly appears in Tokyo: her grandfather. But, her old senile grandfather even recognizing her is another story...

Nakagawa Kana has worked hard all her life to become a successful competitive swimmer. Under her father's pressure, she is aiming to become a representative at the next big swimming competition for her school. Life is much like a swimming race, every second counts, and to Kana doing anything else other than being the best is pointless. One day, she gets caught in one of her shoplifting acts – something she does only for the thrill rather than for the product – by her childhood friend, Daisuke. Without much consideration, she pulls him to a nearby hotel where they spend the night together. However, Kana does not expect what happens afterwards would affect everything she has worked for.

Four years ago, Satou Yoshimi underwent plastic surgery, throwing her past away in the process. Now, she is the top girl at an extravagant hostess bar and with the support from a wealthy client, she has everything she has ever wanted, from apartments to necklaces. Yet even though she has never been more satisfied, she feels that something is missing in her life. Suddenly one day, she comes across a pet store, where she quickly develops an admiration for a stray puppy. Slowly, with the help of the pet store employee, she discovers what was truly lost.