Maki Maki, Sebuki Suzume, Beppu Tsukasa and Iemori Yutaka happen to meet and form a quartet. They even begin to live together in Karuizawa during the winter, but there is a big hidden secret.

随和开朗的田中玉子（真木阳子 饰）曾供职于一间大男子主义盛行的餐饮公司，因为不满老板（杉本哲太 饰）及负责人对高中时代友人及其的压迫和羞辱，玉子在惹出骚动后毅然离开该公司。此后她租下前公司所属的西式餐厅附近一座建筑的屋顶，并且召集来异装癖的基佬海地（安田显 饰）、恐惧人 类的社长千金雨木千佳（松冈茉优 饰）、曾经打工时的伙伴乌森奈奈美（YOU 饰）、被前夫贬到一文不值的主妇三千院镜子（臼田麻美 饰）、八面玲珑的心机女蓝里（高畑充希 饰）以及自视甚高的东大丧服女新田结实（二阶堂富美 饰），准备开一家西式料理餐厅，向对门的敌人们发起挑战。 几经波折，名为Bistro Fou的露天餐厅终于悄然开张，而这几个失败组的女性还将有很长的一段路要走……

Snagging a new job at Heart Sports' sales department, Kanji transfers to the Tokyo office, where he meets his new colleague Rika and is reunited with his best friends from home — Mikami and Satomi. Mikami, Kanji, and Satomi have been friends since they were children, having grown up in the same small town. Mikami is Kanji's best male friend and Satomi is their platonic female friend whom both Mikami and Kanji have had a crush on since high school. After seeing Mikami forcedly kissing Satomi, Kanji fell into despair, but quickly developed strong affection for Rika who was always energetic, funny, encouraging and caring.

Omameda Towako recently become the president of the construction company "Shirokuma Housing". She has experienced three divorces and is currently living with her 15-year-old daughter, Uta. Although Towako has been divorced thrice, she remains bright and lives her life strongly. However, her life is constantly disrupted by her three troublemaker ex-husbands.

Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.

After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.