Yuji Nishi

Ando Natsu, whose dream is to become a patissiere, finds herself jobless after the shop owner's sudden death. She goes to Tokyo in search of another job at a confectionery but the recruiting period has just ended and there are no available positions. This is when she makes her first encounter with the well-established Japanese confectionery "Mangetsudo". It is run by the veteran confectioner Umekichi, Takezo, and Mitsuko, and they happened to be looking for a part-time worker. A number of chance events follow and Natsu starts working at Mangetsudo. Although her job is to serve customers, Natsu becomes interested in the world of Japanese confection. Having only worked in cake shops, everything is new to her and she is gradually drawn into the deepness and profoundness of Japanese confection.

Bonnet bus driver Jiro Kurumada and cute bus guide Akina Kawai are good friends. Cheerful Akina gets the people around her involved in a commotion! Would you like to enjoy a heartwarming story while traveling by bus?

Jiro Shirona (Jonathan), a popular DJ who investigates, solves, and broadcasts various difficult cases in response to requests from listeners. People call him "Radio Detective" and endear him. Tonight, if you turn on the radio, he will be there. People wandering through the night hear voices softly snuggling up to them...

In the picturesque town of Kuraoka in Fukui Prefecture, the Kuraoka Sake Brewery has been making sake since the Edo period. Akane Kamio, who inherited the brewery after her father's sudden death, converted part of the brewery into a small ryokan called "Kura no Yado." (Source: Shukan Manga Times, translated)

Various human patterns drawn through "employment" when making a big choice in life

A sitcom depicting the troubled but lovey-dovey daily life of an office worker who loves his wife so much. Kiyoshi Yamamoto, a fat office worker, gets married to Hitomi, a beautiful woman he met as his pen pal, after 10 years of dating. However, Hitomi, who is a busy career woman, ends up going on a five-day business trip soon after her newlyweds...!?