Angels with Broken Wings

Shimojou Ryoko makes her living by playing slot machines. Abandoned by her parents when she was very young, Ryoko moved from one relationship to another, always seeking permanency and always disappointed. One day she woke up to find a small boy, Kentai, sitting in her room with a note from her boyfriend Kenji. Kenji, a host, asked Ryoko to take care of the boy for a few days. Ryoko, the person who has always wanted to be loved, is about to find out what loving someone is about...

Nao's father is a doll maker and wants her to inherit his business. However, Nao doesn't want to be making dolls for the rest of her life and ends up getting kicked out of the house and fleeing to Tokyo. This was two years ago. In Tokyo, Nao gets swindled by someone calling himself a talent scout and keeps failing at auditions. She soon falls into debt and tries to survive by working part time at a night club and holding other extra jobs. Nao wants to be an actress, but becomes very impatient and makes a big error. It is something that even her boyfriend Riku must never know. Then one day, the one person in her whole family who approves of Nao's goal of becoming an actress suddenly appears in Tokyo: her grandfather. But, her old senile grandfather even recognizing her is another story...

Live chat is a way of connecting with people -- there she's called "Yuna" (Horikita Maki). Exchanging words with people is her job. Two years ago, there was an incident. Now she's lonely, doesn't leave her apartment, and works at home. She can't normally talk to people. Live chat is the only way to interact with others. This virtual world is her everything. And then her life changes...

Komine Nanako is working in a courier. When she was a child, her parents had no money, so now she wants some. Every week she sleeps with men to get some money. Every week she becomes a celebrity (using that money), she is a special customer of a select shop, and this is the most important thing to her. For the sake of this weekly visit, she can do anything. One day she meets a girl and her views about money changes.

Four years ago, Satou Yoshimi underwent plastic surgery, throwing her past away in the process. Now, she is the top girl at an extravagant hostess bar and with the support from a wealthy client, she has everything she has ever wanted, from apartments to necklaces. Yet even though she has never been more satisfied, she feels that something is missing in her life. Suddenly one day, she comes across a pet store, where she quickly develops an admiration for a stray puppy. Slowly, with the help of the pet store employee, she discovers what was truly lost.

Nakagawa Kana has worked hard all her life to become a successful competitive swimmer. Under her father's pressure, she is aiming to become a representative at the next big swimming competition for her school. Life is much like a swimming race, every second counts, and to Kana doing anything else other than being the best is pointless. One day, she gets caught in one of her shoplifting acts – something she does only for the thrill rather than for the product – by her childhood friend, Daisuke. Without much consideration, she pulls him to a nearby hotel where they spend the night together. However, Kana does not expect what happens afterwards would affect everything she has worked for.

Saitou Haruka's alias is Sayuri, a naive girl who attends Internet chat cafés. In reality, she is a "Sakura", a girl who attends these Internet cafés, cheating off of ignorant men and their affections towards her by re-selling the jewelry and clothes they give to her for money. She wasn't like this a few years ago, and she blames her shameful father for it. She swore that she would never become like him, pathetic, helpless, poor and always begging for forgiveness whenever he makes a mistake. Suddenly, one day, while planning for her next date as Sayuri, she bumps into Kouki, who she finds has everything she wants in a man: Wealth, ambition and good looks.

Yoshimura Yuri works on the night shift at a convenience store. Depressed, she has given up on life, and numerous times, she attempts to commit suicide. Yuri is haunted by her past; back in school, she cut herself, but her mother, instead of caring, accused her of doing so just to attract attention. Now, she is required to visit the doctor for monthly check-ups. At the convenience store she works at, she meets Nagasaka Hiroki, an optimistic university student, who is curious about why she acts so negatively towards life.