This is a contemporary adaptation of Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's novel Manji, reimagined with reversed genders to depict a destructive love story between men and women. Kōtarō Sonoda, unable to give up his dream of becoming a painter, quits his office job and starts attending art school. At school, he encounters a beautiful young man named Mitsuru Usami. Sonoda invites Usami to his home, leading to a physical relationship and growing distance from his wife, Yayoi. However, it is later revealed that Usami has a fiancée.

A clumsy but cheerful fisheries student struggles to find her place at a research institute renowned for its tuna cultivation. The work isn't easy.

远藤爱（樱井由纪 饰）是典型的当代都市空虚上班族，她非常在意别人对自己的看法，可谓是一个活在别人的评价中的女人。年近30的她，感情生活一片空白，从事着办公室文员的枯燥生活，日复一日，年复一年，这样的日子令远藤爱渐渐感到疲惫而窒息。
一次偶然中， 远藤爱闯入了地下偶像栗本花（白石圣 饰）的表演现场，看到舞台上的栗本花，远藤爱就仿佛看到了自己一样。远藤爱一下子就成为了栗本花的粉丝，不惜一切的支持着她，在追星的过程中，远藤爱也渐渐挖掘到了自己压抑已久的真实一面。

描述和纱参加的五位社员组成的文艺社，在一次读书会以「死前想做的事」为主题的讨论时，在某位社员冒出「SEX」这个字像咒语一样，５人的思绪焦点从此开始围绕在性团团转的故事。