Japanese melodrama
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- DirectorTakehiko ShinjôStarsAoi MiyazakiHiroshi TamakiMunetaka AokiA photographer named Makoto travels to New York during Christmas to look for his best friend, Shizuru. The two first met when Makoto attended his university entrance ceremony. Due to his inferiority complex, Makoto tends to shy away other people but Shizuru managed to make him open up to her. Because of their friendship, Shizuru also ended up taking an interest in photography and the two often went to the forest to take pictures. Shizuru wants nothing else but to be by Makoto's side, so when he started liking another girl called Miyuki , Shizuru decided that she too will like Miyuki and becomes her friend. One day , Makoto asked Shizuru what present she'd like to receive for her Birthday. Shizuru , who wants to enter a photography competition, had an idea to take a picture of the two of them kissing in a forest. Makoto agreed to do this and the two kissed for the very first time. After that day, however, Shizuru disappears from Makoto's life.
- DirectorNorihiro KoizumiStarsTakeru SatohMasataka KubotaRyô YoshizawaA love story between a famous 25-year-old songwriter, who keeps his identity hidden from the public, and a 16-year-old high school student who possesses a gifted voice.
- DirectorTaisuke KawamuraStarsKento YamazakiRen KiriyamaMiho ShiraishiAoi lives in an apartment by herself. Shusei moves in next to Aoi's apartment. Shusei is a very popular student. Due to a mistake, Aoi makes the sprinkler go off in his room. Until his room is fixed, he stays with Aoi.
- DirectorNaoto KumazawaStarsMikako TabeHaruma MiuraMisako RenbutsuA girl that resemble "Sadako" of the movie Ring is being feared by her classmates. She is avoided by everyone.While everyone is avoiding her, the popular boy Shota Kazehaya befriends her, and their love begins to grow.
- DirectorRyûichi HirokiStarsKasumi ArimuraSôta FukushiYuki YamadaNinako confesses her love to Ren. But get rejected because he is already have a girlfriend. They promise to stay as a friend. Some other guy confess their love to her but she rejects them. Is it because she still wants to be with Ren?
- DirectorRaita KuramotoStarsAi-Ning YaoSôkô WadaMayuko FukudaA Taiwanese girl Yuwen comes to a village of Fukushima to study abroad. She thinks falling-in-love is a stupid thing and the land is unusually dry as Yuwen's heart because of no rains. Yuwen struggles to speak Japanese but learns Japan culture and relationships from her host family and neighbors. As she opens her heart little by little, rain falls on the small village after a long time.
- DirectorChihiro AmanoAi NaguraAkiko ÔkuStarsAoi KoizumiMayu MatsuokaHonoka MikiAdapted from the World Gays' Clips manga, the omnibus style film contains three segments. In the first story, a high-school girl who is the head of class is bullied. She is also beaten at home. A class-mate who skips class asks her to run away together. In the second story, a schoolgirl who draws has a best friend who shares her hobby. They are also rivals. In the third segment a schoolgirl is talented in calligraphy. She practices on the school wall and is quite the vandal. A teacher suggests she puts her calligraphy to a good use instead of creating graffiti.