Solanin 2010

Meiko Inoue Aoi Miyazaki and Naruo Taneda Kengo Kora graduated from university two years ago, stepping into society without clear goals. They drift through daily life with little direction. Meiko works as an Office Lady to pay the rent for her apartment, while Taneda works as an illustrator at a press company, earning just enough to ease some of Meiko’s burden. In the evenings, Taneda often reconnects with his bandmates from their university days to jam, keeping the dream of their music alive—the dream they first chased when they joined their school’s Pop Music Club.

Unhappy with the rhythm of their ordinary graduate lives, two major choices reshape their path: Meiko decides to quit her job, and Taneda commits to writing his first proper song for the band.

Free from the old routine, they step into an uncertain future together. Yet the road ahead feels unstable, and the pair learn to navigate the tension between security and ambition, wondering where their new lives might take them and how their relationship will adapt to the changing landscape.

Then an unexpected tragedy hits, sending shockwaves through their circle of friends and changing the course of their lives forever. The event tests loyalties, reshapes friendships, and forces each of them to confront how far they are willing to go for their shared dream. As they struggle to balance personal aspirations with collective hopes, Meiko and Taneda find that the lines between success, loss, and love blur in ways they could not have anticipated.