本剧刻画的是继承浜名湖畔的饭店-花济的一位叫上岛通子女性的一波三折的生活悬疑剧集
突如其来的离婚通告、饭店破产巨额负债以及丈夫情人奇怪的交涉，接连而来的困难使通子变得惊人的强大。
到现在仍然鲜见的连城三纪彦特点的人物形象，戏剧般的人生给我们带来了非常棒的娱乐作品。

生活在单亲家庭里的知子（上野未来 饰）是一名平凡的女高中生，她喜欢画画，也曾偷偷将心仪的男孩阿明（辻本祐樹 饰）画下来贴在自家的墙上。她好不容易鼓起勇气表白，谁知对方不仅予以拒绝，还没有给出任何理由。烦恼的知子无人可以倾诉，只能化悲痛为饭量大吃特吃。某天，当她烦恼地对着镜子观察自己时，竟然发现镜子里是一个又胖又丑的女人。她恶心得大口呕吐，谁知又变回了原来的容貌。似乎终于弄清被拒绝的原因，知子采取极端的办法减肥。在此过程中，各种幻觉折磨得她几近崩溃，她也终于知晓发生在自己身上的一切。
下定决心的知子，迎来瘦下来的那一刻……

Constantly on the run from a vicious loan shark, two small-time con artists, Take and Tetsu, plan their biggest and most complex con yet in order to get revenge and retire from a life of crime. However, things get complicated when they cross paths with Mahiro, a young woman that Take inadvertently orphaned during a job gone awry years ago. Seeing Mahiro down on her luck, Take tries to relieve his guilt by taking her on as a partner, while hiding his true identity. But as his plan unfolds, Take discovers that he isn't the only one with a secret.