Michi, a 26-year-old high school math teacher, tentatively accepts her boyfriend's proposal of marriage, uncertain of her love for him, but feeling pressure from her father and society to do what is expected of her.
Hikaru is a 17-year-old boy frustrated by his home life with his single mother. After being expelled from many high schools for bad behaviour, he enters Michi's class as a new transfer student.
As their relationship grows, they realize they both feel they've lost themselves to the pressures of those around them, and it is this common bond that draws them dangerously close. What follows is a heart-wrenching story of forbidden love where Michi must face society's judgement for corrupting a minor, abandoning her fiance, and disappointing her parents and co-workers.
Hikaru is a 17-year-old boy frustrated by his home life with his single mother. After being expelled from many high schools for bad behaviour, he enters Michi's class as a new transfer student.
As their relationship grows, they realize they both feel they've lost themselves to the pressures of those around them, and it is this common bond that draws them dangerously close. What follows is a heart-wrenching story of forbidden love where Michi must face society's judgement for corrupting a minor, abandoning her fiance, and disappointing her parents and co-workers.
Son Ji Eun is a housewife who works part-time at a mart. She is quiet and sincere, even as she feels trapped in her unhappy life and lonely marriage. One day, she meets biology teacher Yoon Jung Woo and her heart starts beating again. They both know that only ruin will await them, yet they cannot seem to stay away from each other.
Natsumi Uemura and Shuji Kashiwagi, are two high school teachers due to marry in six months. On the eve of the new school year's opening ceremony, Shuji becomes involved with the young Hikari Saeki, both unaware that they will face each other in class come morning.
As Shuji struggles to help Hikari deal with her confusing emotions, he himself is torn apart over his betrayal of his fiancée. Driven by jealousy and a desire to destroy her teachers’ relationship, Hikari plots to get closer to Natsumi.
As Shuji struggles to help Hikari deal with her confusing emotions, he himself is torn apart over his betrayal of his fiancée. Driven by jealousy and a desire to destroy her teachers’ relationship, Hikari plots to get closer to Natsumi.
Housewife Sasamoto Sawa works as a part-time supermarket cashier. One afternoon, she unconsciously pickpockets a lipstick at the supermarket. Takigawa Rikako sees a part of this. What she proposes is Sawa's assistance in setting up an alibi for her affair in exchange for her silence on that matter. Sawa obeys the demands of Rikako in order to protect her "happiness" even though she is falling apart emotionally. In the process, she meets high school teacher Kitano Yuichiro and gradually cannot stop thinking about him. Before long, she crosses a line which she should not.
Hee Tae met his future wife, Il Ri, when he worked as a temporary biology teacher at an all-girls high school. Il Ri was a student there. Now, Hee Tae works as a fishery researcher and spends his days in a typical marriage. One day, he learns that his wife is having an affair with a carpenter. He becomes angry for the first time, how is he going to handle this new revelation
Following a failed confession to her first love, female high school student Mikoto Ochiai contemplates jumping off the roof of the school building. However, her thoughts are interrupted by the arrival of Jin Haiba, the physics teacher known for being a slacker and the butt of students' jokes. Rather than dissuade her from killing herself, he makes a request—will she enter into a romance with him before she dies? Together, the two gradually ponder why they should keep living and why they should not love each other in earnest.
Rintaro Aida is a handsome teacher. One of his students, Sachiko Sakurai endures unpleasant situations every day. The identity of the person who causes the unpleasantness is not known. Rintaro Aida always saves her from those situations. Because of this, Sachiko Sakurai begins to have feelings for her homeroom teacher. What Sachiko Sakurai does not know is that Rintaro Aida likes her very much and he is behind the unpleasant situations and he does this to save her.
Hina, a student at Nikko High School, goes out one evening with her classmate Beniko. They get split up and Hina ends up in a strange meeting with a man named Ikumi in a game arcade. The next day, Ikumi turns up as the new teacher at her school. Ikumi doesn't seem to recognize Hina but the wheels of fate are slowly moving to reunite them in what is a passionate story of forbidden love.
One of the main underlying themes of this drama is death. Another important theme is the struggle Hina and Ikumi have in trying to realize the difference between love and dependence... or is there a difference?
Not just a remake of the 1993 version; it takes place at the same school, but with different characters and situations.
One of the main underlying themes of this drama is death. Another important theme is the struggle Hina and Ikumi have in trying to realize the difference between love and dependence... or is there a difference?
Not just a remake of the 1993 version; it takes place at the same school, but with different characters and situations.
After a sudden accident in 1995, 10-year-old Imamura Nozomi goes into a coma. Twenty-five years later, in 2020, Nozomi wakes up. Although she is 35 years old, she still acts like she's ten years old. The world has changed around her, but she lives for her future.
Yuto was Nozomi's classmate in elementary school, and also her first love. He had once become an elementary school teacher, but quit after a certain incident. In order to hide his lack of confidence, he had been protecting himself by criticizing and looking down on others. When he reunites with Nozomi, he starts to take a good look at himself.
Yuto was Nozomi's classmate in elementary school, and also her first love. He had once become an elementary school teacher, but quit after a certain incident. In order to hide his lack of confidence, he had been protecting himself by criticizing and looking down on others. When he reunites with Nozomi, he starts to take a good look at himself.
Higashiyama Haruto is a 34-year-old Japanese history teacher who combines good looks with an honest and friendly personality.
When he has been assigned to Nitaka High School, a school for advanced students, Haruto immediately attracts the attention of his female students.
But he has a secret that he cannot tell anyone; he wants to be killed by a beautiful high school girl.
Obsessed with such a bizarre desire, Haruto approaches four beautiful girls of different types, Maho, Aoi, Kyoko, and Aika, according to the perfect crime scenario he has devised.
Who among the four is the high school girl that Haruto has been longing to be killed by for nine years?
Eventually, on November 8th, the day of the school festival when the class play is to be performed, the curtain opens on a forbidden stage where Haruto's entire life is at stake...
When he has been assigned to Nitaka High School, a school for advanced students, Haruto immediately attracts the attention of his female students.
But he has a secret that he cannot tell anyone; he wants to be killed by a beautiful high school girl.
Obsessed with such a bizarre desire, Haruto approaches four beautiful girls of different types, Maho, Aoi, Kyoko, and Aika, according to the perfect crime scenario he has devised.
Who among the four is the high school girl that Haruto has been longing to be killed by for nine years?
Eventually, on November 8th, the day of the school festival when the class play is to be performed, the curtain opens on a forbidden stage where Haruto's entire life is at stake...
