Tells the story of a young man's trauma because he considers himself to be the cause of his friend's suicide, his days are passed by depression which affects the relationship with his family and friends which also changes a lot, not the same as before.

SYNOPSIS:

Tells about the life story of Minato, a teenage boy who is unable forget the death of his friend Nakano, Minato considers his mistake causes Nakano’s death. It is told that Nakano is committing suicide because the only one who cares about Nakano, her mother, is dead because of her illness. The regret felling that fell by Minato is because, in the afternoon, Nakano wants to borrow his money, but Minato does not give the money.

Three years has passed away. Minato has become a melancholic child, which tend to be a shy person. Now he is considered as a too-strange person by others, Minato is still in the first grade of senior high school for three years because he is too much when he remembers his best friend. Minato’s parent sends him to the psychiatry and gives him brain supplements because they consider Minato has a mental disorder, whereas there is no something wrong whit Minato. He is as normal as other people, Minato’s little brother, Hiashi, and his friend started to avoid Minato because they think that he is sick.

Then, Hiashi separated with his family to work in another city; as time goes by from the letter which is hidden by his mother, actually, Hiashi goes to other cities not to get work but to get married to Nami, Minato’s and Hiashi’s little friend. Hiashi is forced to marry Nami because Minato is an adopted child, and Nami is Minato’s sister. So, to make Minato still become his family, Hiashi has to married with Nami. Minato is falling in love with Nami, but God has another plan, so he let her go with Hiashi. Then, Minato takes a part-time job to send his unemployed brother some money. One month later, Hiashi receives 150.000 yen from his brother. Minato gets the money from his part-time job, then Hiashi asks about the money, and Minato said he already knows everything.

Then, Hiashi is back to Tokyo to talk about that problem with Minato, unfortunately, Hiashi is reported dead because of the accident in his way. Minato feels so guilty even less name said to Minato directly that it is his fault and Nami hates him so much, Minato is so down he is always thinking about Nakano and Hiashi’s death, he does not concentrate when he is working, and it makes him fired from his job, Minato’s best friend, Akira, offers Minato work in a pub as a fighter, Every night Minato is always black and blue for getting money to pay his family but Nami always reject receiving money from Minato, even one day, she throw away all of the money to his face, Akira suggests him to collect the money slowly and when Nami’s anger seems fine, that is the time for Minato to send the money and Minato agree with this suggestion.

A few times later, there is a new fighter, Akira, one of Minato’s best friend, Ryo needs 600.000 yen for paying his ill mother, remembered of Nakano, then Minato yield and Ryo gets 200.000 yen for paying his mother. The boss is angry when he knows about this, and he fires Minato, then Minato gives Ryo 300.000 yen, Minato’s saving in the fighter club, but Ryo rejects it because it is his exertion and Minato can do something more valuable with it.

After one year get separated, finally Minato meet again with Minami, Minato meets Minami in a clothing factory because he is asked by his mother to send the cloth which is sewed by his mother, as usual, Minami is an arrogant and conceited person actually he used to be Minato’s friend, even he does not recognize Minato, but Minato is still ok with it, but Minami plays with Nami with seduce her, Minami and Nami met in the road when it was raining, at that time Minami met again and gave her umbrella and asked her address, Nami is happy with it but Minami did it on purpose he wanted to make name as his wife and Nami rejected it and told all of it to Minato’s mother. Minato, who heard about it, suggests telling the truth to Minami that she does not love Minami; she accepted it but unfortunately, instead of telling the truth, Nami is rapped and became white and blue because of her rejection to Minami. Minato feels sorry because of that accident eve less the justice is still not coming after the judge who becomes the place for suing instead defend Minami. As investigated, Minami has bribed one of the judges that also used to be Minato’s and Minami’s best friend, Toshi.

Now Toshi has become a coward judge who always received a bribe from the defendant all together with the judges and the attorneys. he had collected money until it reaches millions of yen and that money is used to buy drugs and parties, Toshi is also known as a coward because he is always blackmailed by his partner, the money which should be used for helping his ill father instead used in the wrong way. Toshi is the only child and his mother has passed away because of the accident that happened one year before Toshi become the judge. Minato who knows about it tries to help Toshi but it is not easy.

Then Minato meets again with Hiashi at the road in Kyoto. Hiashi is still alive. Hiashi be a vagrant in the road with the deformity condition, his right leg split caused by the accident which makes him considered as a dead man, Minato asked Hiashi to go home with him but Hiashi rejected because he thinks that what happens with him is the punishment because he has lied to Minato but he does not care about that he keeps asking him to go back with him. Then how is the continuity of Minato’s life, his brother, and his best friend that has changed?

KANPAI (JAPAN)