Synopsis
Akahoshi-kun Kintarou Akahoshi is a genius, often touted as "Boy Wonder" and "Cyborg" due to his lack of emotions. Despite this, he finds himself regularly talking with a girl whom he only knows by the name Batta. After seeing vulgar graffiti about Batta on the walls of his school building, Kintarou cleans it up. This catches the attention of Batta, who decides to help him out, and she forges a unique friendship with the stoic boy. Suiheisen JPG (Water Horizon JPG) Every month, Takashi and his older brother board a bus that takes them to the outskirts of town where a sanatorium is located. Their little sister Emily is institutionalized there, and she mysteriously gets younger every time they visit her. One day, the brothers learn that she is going to be discharged soon, prompting them to fight over who will take care of her. Hiruyasumi (Lunch Break) A worker is told to hang himself after his boss' actions lead to the death of a child. Accepting his duty, the man makes his way to the toilet to commit suicide during his lunch break. As he mentally prepares himself, he is visited by a woman who causes him to question why he blindly follows company orders. Dan-kun no Shinpai (Dan-kun's Concerns) "You'd be completely helpless if it weren't for me." Those were the last words Dan said to his girlfriend before he got into a train accident that took his life. Alone and anxious, the woman reads and executes Dan's will, which leads her to receive a strange package on her birthday. Upon opening the parcel, she is surprised to find a replica of Dan's arm made out of styrofoam. With subsequent packages arriving every year on the exact same day, what does Dan have in store for his girlfriend? Juu (Gun) To encourage his son to attend school, Makeo's father sends him a black pistol alongside a harsh letter. Believing it will protect him, Makeo goes to school with the gun in his bag. After his classes finish, he meets a girl whom he shows the firearm to, anticipating that she will be impressed. Instead, the girl pulls out the same gun, seemingly unfazed by the sight of the weapon. Musume no Keikaku (The Daughter's Plan) Tarano is annoyed at her father's overbearing attitude toward her well-being. She has constantly been told to drop out of school because of her frail body, but she stubbornly clings onto her autonomy nonetheless. One day, her father collapses, prompting Tarano to blame herself for the incident and initiate a plan to ensure she keeps her promise to her father. Seijin Bomb / Natsu no Hi (Adult Bomb Summer's Day) Nobu is an unassuming convenience store clerk by day and a serial bomber by night. As the leader of Adult Bomb—a terrorist group fixated on bombing "vulgar things"—Nobu and his group members spend their days crafting explosives to look like ordinary objects and writing manifestos about their mission. Mulling over how the city is wasting away much like himself, Nobu catches a glimpse of a girl fishing in the city's polluted river, and he ponders the reasons for his violent activities. Tonda Kuruma (The Car That Flew) A man is searching for the Loch Ness Monster that he claims to have seen once in the summer of his fourth-grade year. While at the lake, his wife suddenly gets stomach pains and is rushed to the hospital, where she is diagnosed with appendicitis. After she wakes up from surgery, the man is appalled to see that the woman sitting in front of him is not his wife—even though she has the exact same face as her. Kamimura no Sawayaka na Hentai (Kamimura's Exhilarating Abnormality) Ready to take her temporary driver's license test, Pakuta finds herself in the same testing vehicle with a boy named Kamikura, who looks like a child despite his age. The strange teenager ends up getting involved in a bike accident, but as Pakuta tries to lend him a hand, a swarm of men dressed in suits surrounds them, dragging them both back to Kamikura's home. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
