Mizuki plays a 35-year-old woman named Kurumi, who suddenly loses everything in her life when her fiance runs off with all of her assets. Left with a mere 15,000 yen and some boxes of ohagi (a type of rice ball), the despairing Kurumi happens upon a construction site, and she begins handing out the ohagi to the men working there. Using the theme of food, "Tenshi no Wakemae" depicts Kurumi's journey as she turns her life around.
Yōsuke works as a copywriter for an advertising agency. His wife, Aiko, informs him that she is pregnant. Due to a case, Yōsuke asks for an unusually long six-month paternity leave. Nobody at his workplace has taken a six-month paternity leave before. A few months later, Yōsuke's daughter is born.
Two lovers middle-aged, five children and mother in law under one roof. Meet newly Ivanovi family. Lilly is the first love of Christo and Christo - her first love. Between the first kiss and their wedding has passed 20 years in which every one of them have one marriage behind and five children - two daughters for Lily and three sons for Christo.
Set during the warlord period in Linghe City, a merchant Xiao Geran was unfortunately embroiled in a murder case and during his journey to find the truth, he meets Bai Qi, the descendant of a fox. Together, they unravel the schemes of the Yin Yang Master, Jin Chuan.
Takkema follows the journey of brilliant, independent women facing the challenge of finding a partner who can match their ambitions. In a male-dominated society, they search for that rare bird : a husband willing to step aside and let them shine. Confronted with growing loneliness, these women decide to break the mold and take control of their own happiness. This quest for love, full of twists and turns, will shake up both their certainties and societal prejudices.
The Psammead is an 'it', an ancient, ill-tempered sand-fairy with a spider-shaped body, bat-like ears, and snail-like eyes. It is grumpy but has the power to grant one wish a day, which must be made before sunset. Five siblings—Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and infant Hilary—encounter It and experience the highs and lows of frivolous wish-making.
Cutbacks in SAS allows the captain Odd Grenland and 2nd pilot Birger Wom get fired because they are too old. They buy a used aircraft with their own money, and together they start the company Senior Air.
The shows featured the everyday adventures of a group of characters living on Pigeon Street, an area of flats and terraced housing in a British city, also home to several pigeons which appeared in each show but only occasionally featured in the plot. Characters included Clara the long distance lorry driver, her husband Hugo the chef, Mr Baskerville the detective, Mr Jupiter the astronomer, Mr Macadoo the petshop owner, and twins Molly and Polly, who were only distinguishable by the letter M and P on their jumpers.
After Mizusawa Yume's mother becomes ill and passes away, she finds a picture of a man holding a baby in her mother's keepsake box. On the back of the picture it says "Loving Papa and Yume, at Raku no Yu." Yume has never known or even seen a picture of her father, but she believes that this guy must be him. Also in the box there is a lighter with the initials RM.
After she finds that the "Raku no Yu", is a 'sento' (public bath) in Shibuya, Tokyo, she's off to meet her long lost father and to get as much money out of him as possible. The debts her mother left her after her death left nothing for Yume. Yume blames her father for her mother's death because if it wasn't for him she wouldn't have had to work so hard and wouldn't have gotten ill and died young.
Once she arrives in Tokyo and finds 'Raku no Yu' she finds a name plaque with the inscription Mannaka Rokku, so she is sure this is the place.