Kazumichi Tsuji is a bored office worker in questionable relationships with two women at work. One day he meets the intriguing Ukiyo Hayama at a convenience store. However, having her in his life brings nothing but trouble.
After his class' school trip fund is stolen, Yuichi and his best friends are abducted to play a debt repayment game; there is more than money on the line, as their bonds are tested with dark secrets and a lingering question of who is behind it all.
Annesi 13 yıl önceki trajik bir yangında suçu üstlendikten sonra Anzu, intikam almak için farklı bir adla mesafeli üvey annesinin temizlikçisi olarak işe girer.
Lucy Albright ve Stephen DeMarco üniversitede tanıştıklarında, sıradan görünen seçimlerin geri dönülmez sonuçlara yol açtığı, hayatı şekillendirici o yaştadırlar. Kısa sürede sadece kendi hayatlarını değil, çevrelerindeki herkesin hayatını kalıcı olarak değiştirecek bağımlılık yaratan bir ilişkinin içine düşerler.
Altı çocukluk arkadaşı, lise döneminde ayrı büyümüşlerdir. Bunlar; Jin-tan – Hikikomori (odasından çıkamama hastalığı) olmuştur. Anaru – Yalnızca kız arkadaşlarıyla takılmak istemektedir. Yukiatsu ile Tsuruko – İnek öğrenci olmuşlardır. Poppo – Okula gitmek yerine yolculuk yapmaktadır. Menma – Grupta değişmeyen tek kişidir. Bir gün Menma, Jin-tan ile karşılaşır ve ona bir istekte bulunur. İstediği şey son kez arkadaşlarını yeniden bir araya getirmesidir.
Shinichiro is a student living in what would be a dream come true for most high school boys, but for him is mostly a frustration. A well liked girl in school named Hiromi has lived in his house for a year along with his family. Her father was a close friend of the family, and when he died they immediately took her in. She is popular and well liked, always smiles, is talented in sports- but Shinichiro knows there must be tears inside her. Having an artistic tendency, he makes watercolours of her and thinks about wishing to ease her tears. Yet he cannot bring up the nerve to talk to her even in his own home. She, too, is quiet and withdrawn in their house, quite unlike at school. Shinichiro is also distracted by teasing from his friend Nobuse for watching Hiromi from afar, a curse of bad luck from a strange girl named Noe, and being forced to perform Muhiga dancing. By helping Noe he hopes to ease his own problems, yet he seems to have difficulty helping himself.
An animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) and Run, Melos (Hashire, Melos) by Osamu Dazai, Kokoro by Natsume Souseki, Hell Screen (Jigoku Hen) and The Spider's Thread (Kumo no Ito) by Ryunosuke Akutagawa and In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom (Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita) by Ango Sakaguchi.