本剧描述日本癌症中心的胸腔内科医生夏目典明（唐泽寿明）与同样在癌症中心工，负责研究的医生（渡部笃郎）、保险公司职员（及川光博），一同解开癌症末期患者在拿到生前给付的保险金之后，症状便「完全缓解」之谜。

A woman finds out her father is not her real one after her mother falls into a coma while searching for a mythical creature. She decides to meet her real father who happens to be an off-beat antique shopkeeper.

An aspiring floral designer and the photographer next door become drawn to each other through the everyday sounds they hear through their shared walls.

Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks.

母亲过世后，民男（小田切让 饰）和父亲伸男（原田芳雄 饰）就过起了相依为命的日子，随着民男渐渐长大，他的婚姻大事逐渐成为了压在伸男肩上的负重。民男自幼腼腆，不善于表达自己感情的他在情场上自然是毫无起色，为了帮助不成器的儿子，伸男自说自话的为儿子牵起了红线。
在数次相亲未果后，一位名叫瞳（麻生久美子 饰）的女子出现在了民男的面前，瞳不仅相貌出众，性格更是温柔可人，十分罕见地，民男对瞳似乎充满了好感，更让伸男感到高兴的是，瞳竟然主动的提出了尽快结婚的请求，民男的幸福生活指日可待。然而，事情的真相真的如同看到的那般美好吗？婚后等待着民男的又会是怎样的生活呢？

Sakiko is a typical teenager in many ways. She hates her divorced father, who chases after every skirt he sees. She does not know, if she will ever be loved by the other sex. When her dad suddenly inherits a lot of money and becomes really lazy, she hates him even more. He finally decides to start his own cafe, where Sakiko, of course has to help. From this moment, strange customers and good-looking waitresses form the center of tension between father and daughter.

In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lurks some of its inhabitants who are desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.