Reza and his three friends tried to explore the history of the dorm they lived. But unfortunately, Reza does a ritual that should not have been done.

Ria, the only daughter of the Hilman family and a student majoring in electronics, falls from an escalator. Pance, a trainee doctor who helps her, detects abnormalities in her. After a thorough health examination, it is learnt that she is suffering from a malignant blood cancer. Ria insists that her parents not be notified. She wants to give a child as a substitute to her parents. Pance is willing to do it. However, this event leads her parents to find out her real condition. Ria’s grandfather encourages the marriage. Ria faces her death with fortitude. Her son is born safely, while she herself cannot survive.

Bram Bahrumsyah, a career diplomat, has a wife, Marsya, a successful interior designer. Marsya’s higher financial success makes Bram depressed. Even though he has a good career, he is financially dependent on Marsya. But Marsya’s business ambition is merely to help her husband’s career. In this state of mind, Bram meets Romina who is also in a similar state of depression. Both of them have an affair.

Abdul Rauf is a novelist. On his journey to find inspiration in the war-torn Vietnam, Rauf loses a friend in a battle. He feels the destruction of human dignity in war. In addition, Rauf fails to win the love of Bulan, the girl of his dream as her mother considers that he has no future. When he goes to Singapore, he meets Kartika, the guitar player and daughter of Dr. Ibrahim Mahmud M.A., an Indonesian dictionary researcher. Kartika happens to be a friend of Rauf’s cousin, Ria, and they have just returned from Tokyo and stopped in Singapore to visit Ria’s parent who is a diplomat. Kartika, who is spoiled by her father, is attracted to Rauf and they fall in love. Kartika’s father does not like Rauf as the latter once dubbed him as a lice-seeking grandpa. Dr. Mahmud then becomes sympathetic after he reads Rauf’s latest novel given to him by Kartika.

Yanti lives in a village with her sibling, Nur, whose psychological development is stunted. Yanti works to earn a living for the both of them. One day, she meets Arman when he accidentally hits Nur. A romance grows, but Yanti holds back when she finds out that Arman comes from a rich family. Arman’s biggest obstacle comes from his parents who disapprove of their relationship. Then Anton has a misunderstanding with Nur and he is tortured by her to the point where he has to be hospitalized. Due to this incident, Yanti moves out of town and becomes a florist. Arman’s father finally gives in and fetches Yanti for Arman’s sake.

Twins, Rina and Ratna, are separated without their parents’ knowledge, by a midwife who longs for a child of her own. Rina lives in the city and Ratna becomes the daughter of the midwife who lives in the village. After the death of her parents, Rina is treated as a housemaid in her uncle Harmoko’s, house, who is dominated by his wife. Meanwhile, Ratna grows up to be a tomboy who performs acrobatic tricks with her friends, Martin and Ucok, to earn some money. When she can’t tolerate the treatment of her uncle and aunt, Rina runs away from home. Ratna also runs away from home when she is about to be engaged to an old man. They somehow end up switching places so Ratna manages to change the situation at Harmoko’s house, while Rina manages to soften up the drunken Martin. The story ends with the unity of the twins.

Tina a kindergarten teacher from a poor family is persuaded to be a prostitute in Jakarta, after being trapped by a women-trafficking syndicate. Meanwhile, her rich boyfriend, Anwar, is truly in love with her, but makes a mistake when he gives her up to a man whom he thinks loves her deeply. Tina is admitted into a mental institution after breaking down. Anwar regrets his decision, and tries with all his best to cure her and he finally succeeds.

At first, a pedicab driver experienced a strange incident: he found money that turned into leaves after taking a young pregnant woman to the market. Then Bethari and her daughter, Putri Cemeti, appeared. They both became stealth after committing suicide. This incident made Mbah Rekso and Kyai Sambu, two figures from different sects, give up resistance.

The story of Sam Brodie who decides to be a woman and then returns to being a man.

Sabar, Wahyu, Slamet, Sugeng and Rahayu live in Selopamioro Village, 40 km south of Yogyakarta. Five friends who live in this simplicity still have a high spirit to gain knowledge. When the sun comes up they go to school barefoot, cross the river and walk a few kilometers, and at dusk they come to recite the Koran at the Islamic boarding school by torchlight. At first, Sabar did not allow his grandmother to attend the Koran at the Islamic boarding school because she had to help him find firewood and grass for the goats. Patience and asking Kyai Landung to persuade grandmother, so Patience can attend the recitation. One day, five friends accidentally found something odd in the middle of a teak forest.