Anna Ishii

Following the discovery of a dead student on school grounds, the students, the parents, the teachers, the administrators, the police, and the media become entangled in a complex web of lies as they each seek to answer: was it suicide, or was it murder?

The students, weary of the apathy of the adults around them, decide to hold their own trial to uncover the truth behind the death of a student on school grounds.

After learning he has only one day to live, a young man enters into a Faustian pact, bartering his most treasured possessions for more time on earth. (scmp.com)

Kosei Arima won numerous piano competitions while under the strict watch of his mother. He was known as the human metronome during that time. Since the death of his mother, Kosei Arima has been unable to hear the sound of his piano. Kosei Arima then meets Kaori Miyazono through childhood friend Tsubaki Sawabe. Kaori Miyazono plays the violin and has a free sprit. Since meeting her, Kosei Arima is able to face the piano again. Meanwhile, Kaori holds a secret. (Asianwiki)

In 16th century Japan, a young man has to choose between becoming a master steel maker like his father and grandfather before him, or becoming a samurai so that he can help protect his village from attacks by the various clans which want the high-quality steel made there. (imdb)

Hamada is seemingly a regular high school, junior student. He is indeed ordinary except he has a passion for righteousness and justice. His trait comes to the fore when he notices that his junior school-mate Hari is being bullied. He does not abide by it and decides to step in and help her. His intervention is welcomed and she seems him as a white knight of sorts. It is not a surprise then that the school girl and school boy become close. (imdb)