One summer day, a group of sixth-grade boys have an argument about whether fireworks are round or flat when viewed from different angles and embark on a journey for the answer during the annual firework festival. Meanwhile, one of their classmates, Nazuna, is troubled by her parents' separation and decides to choose one of the boys to run away with.

It is only at their sister's and mother's funeral when a woman meets her niece after many years. The niece is now a grown girl. The sister takes on the task of informing the deceased's friends of the death while the daughter cannot bring herself to symbolically accept the demise of her mother. In the midst of all this an old flame messages the sister to say he is still in love with her, but is he messaging the living sister or the dead one?

In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place.

《果酱短片集》由七位日本影坛一线导演拍摄而成，共七部短片。《地狱使者》由北村龙平导演，被称为“The messenger”的黑衣女子神代忧子（鱼谷佳苗饰）出现在报废的大厦房间时，独身强盗权藤（北村一辉饰）的命运由此受到了冲击，极富魔幻色彩；《正义》行定勋导演描写一个正值青春期的男生东条（妻夫木聪饰）被操场上体育课的女生所吸引的故事；《阿里塔》由岩井俊二导演，讲述女孩（广末凉子饰）跟自己幻想出来的“阿里塔”之间的成长故事；以及筱原哲雄执导的《剑玉》、坂田让治导演的《冰冻》、堤辛彦导演的《羊栖菜》和望月六郎导演的《潘朵拉》。
七部短片各自取材编排，情节各异。也有众多日本著名演员参演，共同演绎这七部电影，七处生活。

Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a picnic spot with the best vantage point to view the final event.

Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko records the address listed under his name in his yearbook and sends him a letter. Surprisingly, she receives a reply, and discovers it came from his old classmate, a girl who also happens to be called Itsuki Fujii.