List of Episodes
| # | Title | Rating (Kanto) | Original airdate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The troubles we keep to ourselves: DV, pregnancy, and forbidden love" (誰にも言えない悩み DV、妊娠、禁断愛) | 13.9 | April 10, 2008 | |||
| The episode starts off with a pregnant Michiru at a port, wondering about her friends and a dreadful death which occurred. The story then starts with Michiru working in a beauty parlour and meeting her boyfriend Sosuke, who offers Michiru to move in together with him. The next day, Michiru is seen by Ruka while she is shopping for new furniture in accordance with moving in with Sosuke. The two meet for the first time in four years, and Ruka is delighted yet worried about the meeting. After that, Ruka meets Takeru at a junction, whom she can't remember despite bumping into him earlier that day in her rush to see Michiru. Eri brings Ruka to a bar where Takeru works, and they finally get to know each other. Sosuke accidentally mistakes Ruka for a guy when flicking through Michiru's cell phone, and slaps her. Michiru runs to a park which holds many memories of herself and Ruka during their high school days. Ruka, by instinct, meets her there and brings her back to the ShareHouse where Eri and Takeru welcome them. They all spend the night at the ShareHouse. In the morning, Ruka sees Michiru crying in her sleep and kisses her. | ||||||
| 2 | "A life-and-death secret" (命がけの秘密) | 15.9 | April 17, 2008 | |||
| Ruka is worried about her upcoming Kanto Race. At work, Michiru is visited by Takeru who hands over a ticket for Ruka's Kanto race. Michiru is fearful of Sousuke after he nearly forces her to cut his hair no matter what the cost. Seemingly satisfied with Michiru's promise not to cut men's hair, Sousuke allows Michiru to go to Ruka's race. Ruka gets injured during the motocross race. When she wakes up, she finds herself at the hospital with Michiru and Takeru. Later she overhears a conversation between Sousuke and Michiru, the former reacting violently to Michiru's prolonged stay at the hospital. As Sousuke is about to hit Michiru with a chair, Ruka rushes in, abandoning her crutches and places herself between Sousuke and Michiru, warning Sousuke not to touch "my Michiru". | ||||||
| 3 | "A love that eats life away" (命を削る想い) | 15.6 | April 24, 2008 | |||
| Michiru is told not to see Ruka again. However, Michiru disobeys by meeting up with Ruka in the middle of the night. When Sousuke finds out the next day and tells Michiru not to see Ruka anymore, she gets mad and stands up to him. When Michiru mentions not to say anything bad to "my Ruka", Sousuke is provoked and Michiru is beaten up badly. Arriving at the ShareHouse on the point of unconsciousness, Michiru falls into Ruka's arms, shaken from her abuse. | ||||||
| 4 | "A bond torn apart" (引き裂かれた絆) | 15.9 | May 1, 2008 | |||
| Michiru stays at the ShareHouse after her abuse. Elsewhere, Sousuke tries to track down the location of Michiru. At dinner, Eri teases Ruka's behaviour towards Michiru is like that of lovers. Ruka vehemently denies this. After Ruka's motocross practice, she notices she is being followed by Sousuke. Requesting her senpai to follow her to dinner, Ruka accidentally trips over and her senpai uses this as an opportunity to harass her. Shocked by her own weakness, Ruka pushes her senpai and runs to the bar where Takeru works. She breaks down in front of Takeru, who comforts her. The next day, Michiru's mother requests that Michiru visits her. However, it is a ploy by Sousuke to figure out where Michiru is. Ruka instead shows up to hand over some cash. When Ruka returns home, she is followed by Sousuke, who demands to see Michiru. Ruka steps in and says she won't allow it, and Sousuke waits in the rain. At morning, when Michiru takes out the rubbish, she sees Sousuke and immediately rushes to his aid. Unbeknownst to her, Ruka is watching everything. | ||||||
| 5 | "A night of shock" (衝撃の一夜) | 19.9 | May 8, 2008 | |||
| Michiru takes Sousuke back to his apartment. He has caught a terrible cold and is bedridden. When she returns to the ShareHouse, she announces that she is going to work in Niche again. Eri gives her a key to the ShareHouse, telling her that she is a member of their group. The next day, Ruka invites Takeru and Michiru to her family house for a party. Ruka's family is impressed that Ruka invited Takeru because such a thing has never happened before, much to Ruka's annoyance. Ogurin and Eri are supposedly on a "date" but actually they are outside Ogurin's house, where plans to divorce his wife. Being too weak however, Ogurin stays the night at his place while Eri goes back to the ShareHouse. Ruka and Michiru stay the night while Takeru goes back home to find a semi drunken Eri. Takeru's fear of a woman is seen when Eri tries to seduce him. Michiru and Ruka talk about their past. At Ruka's next race, Michiru receives a call from Sousuke. She initially refuses to answer it, but relents at Ruka's celebration party. Sousuke tells her that he is going to commit suicide and Michiru runs out of the pub only to be confronted by Ruka. Upset by the fact that Michiru isn't strong enough, Ruka lets her go. Upon arriving at Sousuke's apartment, Michiru sees Sousuke alive but is shocked to see her graduation album burning. | ||||||
| 6 | "A desperate gateaway" (命がけの逃避行) | 17.2 | May 15, 2008 | |||
| At the ShareHouse, Takeru, Eri and a semi-druken Ruka are shocked to see Ogurin, who has came back after a long argument with his wife. Ruka gets angry at him, but Eri leaves it as it is. When Michiru hasn't made an appearance to any of the ShareHouse members since she left the pub after Ruka's race, Takeru goes to the beauty parlour and finds out that Michiru has resigned. Ruka appears to not care about Michiru at all, but she admits to herself that the only reason why she doesn't look at Michiru eye to eye is because she would want to look at her forever. The next day, Eri forces Ruka to walk with her to the station so that she could talk to her. Eri guesses the harsh treatment from Ruka towards Michiru is because Ruka truly loves Michiru. Ruka avoids her, instead countering with her own question on why Eri allows Ogurin into her room. Eri replies its because she cannot forever not forgive Ogurin. Takeru calls Ruka at the gym, and requests her to come to the park to fix his bike. Ruka gets suspicious, and when she starts to test the two seater bicycle, Michiru hops on and starts cycling. The three spend a peaceful afternoon at the park. Later, Ruka discovers that her family received a threatening letter from Sousuke. She denies his claims, and goes back to the ShareHouse. Upon arriving, she decides to go out again. Takeru catches up with her, and Ruka feels the urge to tell him about herself. Just as she is about to, Takeru tells her he likes her. | ||||||
| 7 | "A harsh reality" (残酷な現実) | 16.0 | May 22, 2008 | |||
| Eri spots Ogurin with his wife at the airport. Sousuke gets injured while protecting a kid. Ruka is angry at Takeru for trying to interfere with her problems. When the kid shows up with a letter for Michiru, Ruka makes Eri promise not to give it to Michiru. Eri insteads goes to the hospital and confronts Sousuke, but is shocked to find out that he has written dozens of letter for Michiru. She takes all the letters, but doesn't give it to Michiru. | ||||||
| 8 | "Last letter" (最後の手紙) | 18.8 | May 29, 2008 | |||
| Ruka decides to move out of the ShareHouse to Fussa due to the anguish she feels by not telling everyone else about her true self. She attempts to leave early, but Michiru insist on walking to the park at least. There, they talk about their past and Ruka says that it is time to leave. Takeru finds a letter in the ShareHouse from Ruka, explaining her problems and why she trusts him. He runs, and meets Ruka just in time at the park. Takeru explains that he will support Ruka no matter what, and runs to hug her. Ruka, relieved at the thought that somebody finally understands her, returns the hug. Michiru misinterprets this as a sign that Ruka and Takeru are in a relationship. | ||||||
| 9 | "Your life" (君の命) | 18.0 | June 5, 2008 | |||
| Everybody is worried about Ruka's race, as if she wins she will make it into the Final Round. She wins, and the rest of the ShareHouse members open up a champagne to celebrate. Ruka arrives the next day at the ShareHouse to celebrate her win. The next morning, Takeru's sister turns up but leaves before he wakes up. Michiru and Takeru then go visit Michiru's mother, however it is discovered that Chinatsu has made contact with Sousuke already and owes him a debt. On their way back, Michiru visits the department store and is shocked to see Sousuke. She tells him to leave her alone as she likes someone. Sousuke interprets the person to be Takeru, and Takeru ends up badly injured. Ruka goes to Sousuke's apartment to tell him off about the letters he had been circulating and to leave Michiru alone. Sousuke asks whether it was Ruka's plan all along to interfere with his and Michiru's relationship. Ruka replies that it wasn't, and tells Sousuke flatly that the love he has for Michiru isn't real love. Sousuke is puzzled, and ask Ruka how can she say so. Ruka finally admits that the one who truly loves Michiru is herself, and a fight between both of them ensues. | ||||||
| 10 | "Love and death" (最終章·愛と死) | 20.7 | June 12, 2008 | |||
| After nearly getting raped by Sousuke, Ruka rushes to a department store to buy a new shirt. The day proceeds as normal, until Michiru overhears Ruka's conversation with Takeru. Shocked with Ruka's confession of love, Michiru leaves the ShareHouse. When Michiru returns to Sousuke's apartment to collect her things, she finds Ruka's good luck charm and demands to know what happen to Ruka. Sousuke smugly replies that he "broke her pride". Just as Michiru is about to leave, Sousuke grabs and rapes her. Afterwards, Sousuke finds the photos Michiru has along with the ShareHouse members, looking happier than ever. Michiru tells Sousuke that she will stay with him as long as he doesn't hurt any more of her friends. He decides to kill himself because he cannot give Michiru that happiness. | ||||||
| 11 | "To the future" (未来へ) | 22.8 25.9 (Ending) |
June 19, 2008 | |||
| Sousuke commits suicide. Ogurin and Eri gets married. When Ruka and Takeru are left alone at the ShareHouse, Takeru drags Ruka along to find the whereabouts of Michiru. After a minor motorcycle accident, they find Michiru at the hospital. They learn that Michiru is pregnant, as well as living independently in a ryokan. When Michiru gets a contraction, they immediately rush to the hospital. Complications arises as Michiru has high blood pressure and might not live, yet she pulls through and delivers the baby. Ruka is the first to hold Rumi and Takeru declares he is "papa". The series ends with Ruka, Michiru and Takeru at a beach each enjoying each other's presence. | ||||||
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