Series by こやまゆかり

Satsu comes from a modest family and marries Kenta, who belongs to a wealthy and respected household. After the marriage, she moves into his family home. There she meets a strict father, an unfriendly sister-in-law, and an older brother. Not everyone welcomes the union, while the family patriarch seems to have plans for her. Her new life begins inside a powerful household full of pressure and expectation.

Misaki is divorced after a workplace romance with her former husband ended. She is now dating Tadokoro, a colleague in the department where she was transferred. Tadokoro has a family, turning their relationship toward an affair. Around them, other marriages face pressure and begin to break apart. The setup follows adults confronting love, divorce, and unstable homes.

Hikaru believes in fate and imagines soul mates as two halves of one apple. She reunites with Shindou, a man she knew in school ten years earlier. Hikaru takes the meeting as proof that fate has brought them together. Her coworker Natsuko refuses to lose in love and pursues the man she wants. An unsociable stranger named Amano also enters the emotional tangle around them.

Michi and Kotaro seem headed for a happy marriage after two years together. Then a small misunderstanding grows large enough to cancel their wedding. Both are left carrying hurt that might have been avoided if they had understood each other better. Their lives begin to drift in different directions while the question of marriage remains painfully unresolved. The setup focuses on love shaken by missed communication and the choices that follow.