Love Is Phantom

A love story begins when Hirasawa Momoko, the café clerk at a hotel, meets a stranger on the hotel's observation deck. Even though they have just met, they repeatedly kiss. The next day, Momoko is unable to forget about it and learns that the man was Hase Kei, the elite hotelier who works at the same hotel and is too "perfect" for her.


~~ Adapted from the manga "Love Phantom" by Mitsuki Kako

Nitta Masaki is about to start work as a music teacher at a high school. The high school has experienced turbulence due to the missing person case of the prior music teacher. On the night before Nitta Masaki's first day of work, he visits the music classroom and plays the piano. There, he meets student Izumi Sae. She is his student in homeroom class. Through the missing person case, Nitta Masaki and Izumi Sae soon get closer to each other. Nitta Masaki doesn’t want to admit that his feelings for her has turned into love. Meanwhile, Izumi Sae has no doubt that her feelings for him is love. They then part ways. 5 years later, Nitta Masaki & Izumi Sae meet again. There doesn't seem to be any obstacles in front of them to prevent their love, except for one thing. That is Nitta Masaki is a married man, who has a wife.

This anthology love story is set in a lakeside hotel that was converted from a closed elementary school. During the pre-opening, which invites alumni and people with ties to the school, the characters arrive at various times with their families, friends, and partners. Some guests are staying with their significant other for the first time, some are reminiscing about their late wife, and some are reuniting with estranged childhood friends. The story follows the guests as they spend time in a place full of memories, and depicts the various forms of love.

Makoto, 29, is a sales clerk at the advertising agency Adraisa, and dreams of a happy family. She is a hard worker and admired by her colleagues, but in her private life, she is devoted to her selfish and self-centered boyfriend, Hayato, with whom she has been living for three years.

One day, she finds out that he has been cheating on her with a junior colleague, Kawatani, and breaks up with him, but at the same time, she loses her home... The one who reaches out to her is Odagiri, the department manager who is known as the "Yakuza boss" at work because of his cold-heartedness.

Until they find a new place to live, Makoto ends up living with Odagiri at his house. Odagiri's face is unexpectedly sweet, toying with Makoto. However, he has a hidden side as the young boss of a yakuza gang...

Nagao Kanji works for an advertising agency in his hometown of Ehime Prefecture. He is assigned to the Tokyo sales department where his colleague Akana Rika takes care of his work. One day, Kanji is invited to drinks by Mikami Kenichi, a former classmate from his hometown who is now in Tokyo, and he is also reunited with Sekiguchi Satomi who has feelings for him. However, Rika ends up joining them when she delivers Kanji’s wallet which he had left in office. On the way back, Rika tells him, “Kanchi, shall we kiss?” and he is rattled. There have been rumours in office that Rika is in a relationship with their boss Waga Natsuki.