Yasuyuki (Tanaka) still hasn't come to terms with the fact that he is splitting up with his pristine but frosty girlfriend Miwa (the stunning Ryô of Gemini and Bright Future). A likeable enough chap, he is still a bit clueless when it comes to understanding her emotional needs, and with her mother terminal ill with only six months left of her life, it initially seems that Miwa's decision to move out of the apartment they have shared for several years and spend some time back with her family without him is only a temporary one. Coming back from the convenience store the day before they are set to part, he comes across an abandoned dog and, kind-hearted guy that he is, stops to feed it. The dog, whom he names the Tamura, after a kid he was at school with due to their similar toilet habits, immediately takes a shine to Yasuyuki (more specifically, his leg) and follows him back to the apartment block. |