Kento Sakurai

Love in the Time of Petalo

A man who gave up on living in despair with society and himself. Mai, a high school girl, is involved in a confinement incident caused by the man. Mai's classmate, Ujiie, who caused a violent incident and lost her whereabouts. Set in a small port town a little far from the city center, a confinement incident triggers the gears of the three characters, depicting the moment when people with difficulties in life take a step forward.

カモメよ、そこから銀座は見えるか？

Hana Yukawa is an ordinary office lady who can be found anywhere. She is tricked into joining a multi-level marketing company that hires people while hiding her true identity, and receives an unreasonable reprimand from her boss. She was deeply traumatized by a certain incident, but there was no one around her that she could talk to about it. Meanwhile, after seeing a popular YouTuber's introduction video, she becomes obsessed with the cult religion "Nirvana" in search of salvation for her soul.

Kazunari Hira is in the 3rd grade of high school. He suffers from a stuttering problem and he doesn't have any friends. Without any dreams, his only hobby is to take pictures of daily life around him. On the first day the new semester, he finds himself in an uncomfortable situation. His classmate Sō Kiyoi happens to save him from the situation. This causes Kazunari Hira to fall in love with Sō Kiyoi. His classmate is popular and he purses a dream that nobody knows about. By chance, Kazunari Hira learns about Sō Kiyoi's dream. This becomes a secret between the two of them.

Childhood friends Yuma Minase and Sakura Asakura have been together through elementary school, junior high school, and high school. Sakura has always felt something for Yuma that he could never say to him. In their final summer of high school, Sakura confesses his feelings to Yuma and kisses him.

ああ、ラブホテル

Akira Iwamori works as a doctor. He is looking for his wife, who went missing. He takes his daughter to visit his wife's hometown village of Uzukawa. While in Uzukawa, the village suddenly becomes isolated due to a landslide caused by heavy rain. The villagers becomes filled with anxiety and a murder takes place. The tense village people become violent. Akira is soon drawn into a power struggle in Uzukawa. He learns new information about his wife's whereabouts.

It's a sad and humorous story about a man encounter with various women and slowly regaining his smile. The woman whom he loved most in his life, Asuka, made a living by selling saliva for perverts. The story will focus on his six years with Asuka.

Based on the song by This is LAST, the drama is about the shaky emotions that are triggered by his girlfriend's graphic affair, which the male protagonist witnesses through the app.