Okazaki Shimako is an office worker for a fashion company who believes her boyfriend is going to propose to her on Christmas Eve, and is planning on quitting her job. Instead he dumps her by phone right before their date. As she’s home trying to understand what has happened her younger sister whom she hasn’t seen in 18 years shows up… Minori couldn’t be more different from her older sister. Shimako is straight-laced while she is wild and a free spirit who sleeps around and lives life fairly full. But Minori needs a place to live, and moves into Shimako’s apartment. Just what effect will Minori’s appearance have on Shimako’s love life? Or is it the other way around

Fujiwara Momoe, a girl who loves to eat, was raised by her rich parents eating only the best. When her father dies from heart disease and Momoe has to support her and her mother, she can't stand the food that she makes (she never cooked before). One day, she walks into a little French restaurant and recognizes the food from its taste. She had eaten it several years earlier when celebrating her birthday at a 5-star restaurant with her parents. She asks to work there as a cook under the head chef, Oda-san. She falls in love with Oda, but he doesn't notice her feelings and only considers her an annoying apprentice. This series goes through joy and heartbreak, as experienced by Momoe. How does the situation end? Note: Was also made into an 11-part Jdrama, and a 20-part Taiwanese drama.

Kinue is a saleswoman in the futon section of a department store. Despite her plain clothes and poor makeup, she ends up being transferred to the women’s clothing department, where she has to be trained by her extraordinarily fashionable boss.