Singer Hyeon Seok develops problems with his hearing (Menieres syndrome) and has to stop his recordings. He notices a picture of Hokkaido in a magazine and decides to travel there. He eventually arrives in a a small village in Hokkaido for rest. While there, he reminisces about the old days. The owner of the inn offers him a Japanese meal. There he meets a bright cheerful girl named Megumi.
Kyoko, a young woman with an unhindered spirit despite being physically bound to a wheelchair due to illness, and Shuji, a stylish and popular fashion magazine hairstylist, are brought together in a fateful traffic incident. Despite their confrontational meeting, they soon find themselves falling in love, with Shuji drawn to her courage and enthusiasm and Kyoko attracted to his ability to look beyond her physical limitations and into her heart. However, Kyoko's protective older brother and her worsening condition begin to test the bounds of their love for each other and threaten to end their beautiful life together.
Abandoned by his mother as a child and raised by the Park family, Oh Soo is a notorious gambler in the neighborhood of Cheongdam. After the death of his first love, he is left heartbroken and cold, not caring about anybody else. Soo is then thrown into prison following the unexpected death of his friend who shares his name. A year later, Soo meets lawyer Jang Sung, who came looking for the deceased Oh Soo, the heir of PL Group. When he is given 3 months to pay or die, Soo uses this opportunity to con the last remaining heir of the PL Group, Oh Young, to pay his debt. While pretending to be the deceased brother who was separated from his sister after their parents' divorce, Soo starts falling in love with the blind Oh Young.
Both series explore the quiet gravity of emotional loneliness and the fragile architecture of human connection. At their core, the protagonists are not isolated by circumstance alone, but by an internal barricade built from fear, past wounds, and unspoken vulnerability.
In both stories, emotional solitude is not loud or dramatic. It is subtle, almost invisible, like a room filled with air that feels too heavy to breathe. The characters long for closeness, yet hesitate at the edge of intimacy. They fear that allowing someone near might expose their fractures, or worse, lead to rejection and abandonment.
Another shared element is the tension between desire and avoidance. The characters crave understanding and warmth, but instinctively withdraw when relationships begin to feel real. This push and pull creates a powerful emotional conflict that shapes their journeys.
Ultimately, both series portray loneliness not as the absence of people, but as the absence of emotional safety. The fear of getting close becomes both a shield and a prison, defining their relationships and personal growth.
In both stories, emotional solitude is not loud or dramatic. It is subtle, almost invisible, like a room filled with air that feels too heavy to breathe. The characters long for closeness, yet hesitate at the edge of intimacy. They fear that allowing someone near might expose their fractures, or worse, lead to rejection and abandonment.
Another shared element is the tension between desire and avoidance. The characters crave understanding and warmth, but instinctively withdraw when relationships begin to feel real. This push and pull creates a powerful emotional conflict that shapes their journeys.
Ultimately, both series portray loneliness not as the absence of people, but as the absence of emotional safety. The fear of getting close becomes both a shield and a prison, defining their relationships and personal growth.
In the middle of a bustling metropolis, how could it be that there is only one apple tree? No matter how much Hiroko jumps to try to pluck the apple, she cannot reach it. Fortunately, Kohji passes by and plucks the apple for her. Kohji is a rising young artist who because he lost his hearing at the age of 7, lives by only expressing himself through paintings. Furthermore, Hiroko is a young actress who practices acting with a drama troupe while holding a part-time job. The two meet again and again in the park until one day, she learns that Kohji is deaf. Through their initial attraction, Hiroko begins to learn Japanese sign language in order to communicate with Kohji and as their relationship develops, several obstacles arise as well.
