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Four childhood friends—Shun, Tomoki, Kazuya, and Eita—work in construction and live carefree lives in the town where they grew up. But their bond begins to fracture after the death of a beloved teacher. Shun finds himself drawn to the teacher’s widow, Chisato. Tomoki realizes he has secretly harbored feelings for Shun. Kazuya, needing money for his family, takes on illegal dumping jobs. Eita faces danger when his best friend’s actions threaten his girlfriend. Family and friendship, once sources of warmth, turn into binding constraints, and before they realize it, their freedom begins to slip away. The story seems to end in tragedy—but perhaps not entirely...

The company, once thriving with around 200 young employees, fell apart when doubts arose. Driven by fear and despair, the staff carried out a mass suicide. Hoichi, one of the few survivors, was placed under police protection and forced to take part in the city’s exorcisms. With no memory of life before the incident, he is guarded by a colleague who is also his attached spirit, protecting him from a mysterious female ghost obsessed with him — all while questioning their own relationship. Will this “undercover investigation” ever end…?

A story about the black-and-white world created by a man.

There are two things I’m afraid of. One is the ocean at night. The other is my soon-to-be-born little sister inside my mother’s belly—because I have no idea what it looks like in there…

Masa, a single, socially awkward manga writer, learns his estranged father is critically ill. To cheer him up, he hires a rental-family actress, Kanako, to play his “fake wife.” Kanako spends her days performing various false roles while struggling between her dream of becoming a dancer and the reality she faces. As a “fake couple,” they visit Masa’s father, even adding a lie about pregnancy. But when his father unexpectedly recovers, cracks appear in their fabricated relationship…

Three years into her marriage, Aya Ouchi (30) is absorbed in work. When her husband Kentaro wants children, she feels unable to face pregnancy. At work, Aya manages a “Family Immersion” event, where childless couples experience life with kids. Visiting Saori Mishima (30), who juggles two children and a job, Aya inadvertently hurts her by not understanding her sacrifice of giving up her dream career. Meanwhile, Saori struggles with a husband who offers no help at home…

Article 1 of the SP Law: All men in the country must have sex with an adult male called a “Sex Instructor” before their first sexual experience. In an alternate Japan where this law is taken for granted, Yuki, who doesn’t want to undergo the SP, discovers that his girlfriend Ayaka has caught the attention of the playboy Yamada. Now he’s forced to make a difficult decision…

In a quiet city alley, a song drifts through the air, coming from the upstairs of an old wooden bookstore. The Yamao brothers, all in their mid-30s, share a love of music but approach it very differently. Occasionally, they gather in eldest brother Morio’s room to sing—a family ritual begun nearly 30 years ago in memory of their late father. One day, Morio receives a letter from Hazuki, a half-sibling they haven’t heard from in decades, while youngest brother Mitsuki faces a life-changing decision. These unexpected messages stir the family just before their father’s 33rd memorial service, weaving a story of brotherhood, music, and small steps forward.

On the last day of the Heisei era, Teru goes to Reika’s room to make an important choice. While friends and others make their own decisions, Teru, who has been avoiding his, finally faces his — the final choice of the Heisei era begins.

People are lining up in front of a popular pancake shop. A girl, angered by someone cutting in line, ends up going somewhere unexpected…

Long ago, Tomari Village lay beneath the sea. Now, it has become a depopulated settlement on the verge of disappearing. After his father’s death, Yuichi returns to his abandoned family home in Tomari Village. By his side is Takeo — his fiancé, whom he never had the chance to introduce to his father while he was alive.

Hitomi ends up preparing for a girls’ night with Ai and Rui. When Rui doesn’t show up, Hitomi complains, only for Ai to tell her Rui is right there. Hitomi, who’s been ignoring Rui, can no longer see her. Left behind when Ai goes shopping, Hitomi is forced to prepare alone with the invisible Rui, growing increasingly uneasy that she might be getting set up for revenge.

A hundred days after his lover Yuri suddenly disappeared, Ryo, devastated, resolves to become a magician, holding onto the memories they shared. When he discovers the existence of doppelgängers, he follows the trail of Yuri’s words—“We’ll meet again” and “I want to see the drift ice”—to Hokkaido. There, he unexpectedly meets a girl named Aya, who looks exactly like Yuri. She, too, has been longing to reunite with Ryo’s doppelgänger, the brilliant magician Ryu, who went missing two years ago in an accident.

Sakura is a 27-year-old struggling actress. She's torn about whether to accept an offer to do a nude role. Just then, her older sister Yuriko suddenly shows up in Tokyo. One sister left their hometown behind, the other never did. The two begin a late-night walk from Shimokitazawa to Shinjuku.

After a crushing battle with COVID, Ririko loses all hope and wishes to disappear. That's when she meets Adachi—still haunted by the ghost of his late lover, Eve. Eve longs to move on, but Adachi can’t let go. Ririko makes a quiet offer to the ghost: “Take my body. Live in my place.”

“Ready or not?” Arika and her husband Koki often play hide-and-seek. Arika is always the seeker—her sharp sense of smell gives her the edge. Koki does his best to outsmart her, masking his scent in clever ways. But one day, Arika notices something strange: Koki smells different. As his scent begins to change, so does their relationship. Unable to bear her growing unease, Koki turns to his sister Kasumi with a quiet, desperate request.

It started on the internet. Before long, it appeared on TV and in advertisements too. It was like a never-ending movie. Every aspect of daily life became dominated by “times like these.”

On a summer day, two students are on their way to high school. Mai wants to tell Hiroki something, but Hiroki’s unexpected confession turns the day upside down. How will Mai respond?

Five friends—Nanba, Gonda, Tokigawa, Nishikawa, and Okuda—who were close in high school, gather for a small farewell after the funeral of their leader, Maiko Matsumoto. Reuniting after a long time, their conversation flows easily, but they decide to head to the riverbank at midnight to dig up the time capsule they buried when they graduated, hoping to uncover Maiko’s secret.

Junko, almost 40 years old single woman, does not get a hint about a marriage interview offered by her meddlesome aunt. One day, a single paper plane flies to her. Opening it, she realized it was a marriage registration paper where only the name column for the man was filled in.