Emi Suzuki

Tomoya Kishida is working as a staffer in a television studio when he hears about the death of his close friend, Aoi Sato. This sparks his recollection of the events in life they shared from meeting at a record store, shooting a short film as part of their university film club, to saying their last goodbyes. Though in love with each other, neither had the courage to confess their feelings before it was too late.

A timid girl high school student, Sonoko Ishii (Emi Suzuki), has two important friends at her high school. They are Sonoko's boyfriend Satonaka (Kei Tanaka) and her best friend Miyuki (Erika Okuda), a delinquent high school student. Sonoko is suffering from depression due to "bullying" by a girl in her class. Miyuki, on the other hand, is a "wrist-cut" addict due to a terrible experience she had in her childhood. Satonaka is a good guy who tries to support them both. Then one day, unexpectedly, Satonaka and Miyuki have a big accident.

It's January 7, just after the New Year begins. Make up classes are being held for students that aren't keeping up with their daily studies; anxious students are there to discuss their exams; and club activities are still in progress. Asami Akio, a teacher, finds himself at the gate of the school with Misaki Yuka, a woman he met long ago and had lost contact with. Before he can explain their disconnect, a group shudders as an earthquakes rocks the school. When it subsides... nothing is the same.

After parting with her six childhood friends for several years, Takumi decides to return back to her hometown to reunite with them. However, her six friends worry about her comeback as she's a real trouble-maker and has made their lives very miserable in the past. Slowly, they come to realise that they are wrong about Takumi, and just then she disappears before them once again, leaving behind the sweet memories they have together at the age of seventeen.

Kitajima Shinnosuke, a cowboy from the USA who goes to Shibuya to find a group of girls to dance Para-Para. Along the way, he becomes a new type of hero, helping to solve problems that afflict Shibuya-Gals.

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