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On her 18th birthday, Ami Nonomura wants to meet her father and brother who live far away. While searching for her brother's house, she is attacked by a thief, but is helped by Hiroshi Tazaki. They fall in love but discover that they are siblings.
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Shoko, Ryuta's ex-girlfriend, is left brain dead after a traffic accident. Shoko's brother and Ryuta were classmates and best friends in medical school. One day, Ryuta receives a request to track down a famous person who has gone missing. That person is Shoko's brother, a genius doctor and artificial intelligence researcher, only 25 years old. He was a rising star who had published one groundbreaking paper after another and was hailed as someone who would fundamentally change the world of artificial intelligence, but he disappeared a year ago, betraying the expectations of those around him.
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Ami Nonomura, who lives with her aunt, moves in with her half-brother Hiroshi to care for him. Hiroshi has lost his mental balance since the death of his real sister, Mami. Under Ami's diligent care, Hiroshi gradually recovers. However, conversely, Ami begins to be plagued by erotic nightmares. Ami learns that Mami's death was a suicide, and that the cause was her pregnancy resulting from a forbidden love affair with her brother Hiroshi. Hiroshi's heart was still trapped by Mami. Ami makes a decision. "From today, I'll belong only to you, big brother. So please, forget about Mami..."
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