Seventeen-year-old Misaki endures a life marred by tragedy and abuse. Abandoned by her mother and forced to care for her bedridden sister, her home life becomes a battlefield of psychological terror, dominated by a father whose actions cross into the realm of the unthinkable. At school, Misaki finds no solace as her closest friend succumbs to the allure of degradation for material gain. The culmination of her suffering arrives through a series of brutal assaults, each encounter dragging her further into a vortex of despair, with only a mentally ill homeless woman offering a semblance of maternal comfort.

Koji grew up with a brother complex, constantly being compared to his successful older brother. The only place he could find solace was the bar called "Arles". One night Koji is provoked by Soma, a regular at Arles who smells similar to his brother. He is then sexually assaulted by Endo, one of Soma's henchmen. Koji somehow manages to escape. He finds Soma's home and swears to take his own type of revenge, making persistent silent phone calls. As the confident Soma becomes confused on the other end of the phone, Koji begins to get a type of enjoyment from the phone calls.

Kyoko, a female psychiatrist who treats patients with state-of-the-art medicine, is put in charge of Akio, who was found comatose in an abandoned house. As treatment begins, Akio answers questions without hesitation, but...

A female college student, Aoi, is having an affair with her professor, Ogata. One day, Ogata asks her to be a tutor for his son, Yu. Yu lives alone in his parents' house in the countryside, and he has been refusing to go to school and dropped out of high school. Aoi agrees, but she can't hide her anxiety. Aoi immediately visits Yu's house, but Yu's attitude is cold...