Rio Sanada is the president of "Sanada Wellness" and an up-and-coming businesswoman who is selected as one of the "100 people in their 30s who will change the world". She is reunited with her former love interest Daiki Miyazaki, who is now a detective, after 15 years as an important witness to a murder case. In Gifu Prefecture in 2006, Rio is a third-year high-school student who wants to go to the University of Tokyo. She took good care of her younger brother in lieu of their busy father. Before Daiki could confess to her, an incident occurs at the dormitory.
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| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | (pilot) | 1993-09-05 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Raging Bully | 1993-09-12 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Private Lives | 1993-09-19 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Al vs. DMV | 1993-09-26 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | You Bet Your Life | 1993-10-03 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Mother Love | 1993-10-10 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Mount St. Helen's | 1993-10-17 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | The Tortoise and the Scare | 1993-10-24 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | American We | 1993-11-07 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Thanks, But No Thanks | 1993-12-05 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Offensive Care | 30 min | |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Jaws, Too | 30 min | |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | Minimum Rage | 30 min |
| Sound | Masaru Yokoyama | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Yoshiaki Murao | Director |
| Production | Junko Arai | Producer |
| Writing | Satoko Okudera | Screenplay |
| Directing | Ayuko Tsukahara | Director |
| Writing | Yukako Shimizu | Screenplay |
| Directing | Takeyoshi Yamamoto | Director |
| Crew | Nakanishi Mao | Compositor |
| Crew | Higashinaka Keigo | Compositor |
| Sound | Masafumi Watanabe | Foley Artist |