There is a man who divorced his wife. He moved to rural Hokkaido from Tokyo where he lived with his family without running water or electricity. He has his son and daughter in tow and works hard for them. The folk in the area try to help. A couple of years pass and the older son moves back to Tokyo, attends school and works part-time. The daughter commutes to the city to attend school. She wants to become a nurse. To become a registered nurse she needs to study a further three years. This takes money.

A man in a hospital starts having a sexual conversation with a woman he cannot see. After that, they keep meeting, and something about her keeps changing.

#20 in the series, after "Insurance Embezzler."

#29 in the King of Minami series. Manda and his associates follow a debt-laden detective to Hiroshima, where they plan to collect from his former employer for engaging in wrongful termination, under the intentionally vague label of "restructuring."

Hiromi appears on the outside to be a mature, resilient girl, but on the inside she feels like she's falling apart. She is having troubles at home mainly because of her parents wanting to separate. Her dog, Junkers, tries to comfort her in ways no other dog can. You see, he can talk and grant her 3 wishes.

Tora befriends a pretty barbershop owner and runs into Izumi. When Tora twists his ankle, Mitsuo comes to care for him and see Izumi. Meanwhile, Izumi must choose between her new job in Tokyo and returning to Nagoya to care for her mother.

Kijima Isoroku, who runs the modest Kijima Funeral Services, is attacked by Mishina-gumi gunman Uchida, seeking revenge on Kyokki for destroying his group. It is revealed that Kanzawa-gumi boss Kanzawa framed Kyokki to wipe out rival factions. Kijima sets out to track down the fake Kyokki.