Contains two animated programs based on well-known works of Japanese literature

Asunaro story: Thirteen year-old Ayuta is about to experience the most important lesson of his life: 19-year-old Saeko has come to live with his family. With the reputation of a "bad girl," Saeko seems oddly unashamed about her expulsion from an all girls' school. she is strangely fatalistic while speaking of a certain man that she hopes to be with someday. A few days later, she sends Ayuta to deliver a letter to this man, Kajima, who turns out to be a student who is her antithesis in academic achievement. He acts fatherly toward Ayuta, advising him to study twice as hard as the others so that he will excel in the school entrance exams. What will become of Ayuta and Saeko as each confronts his own situation?

Story of Koyasu Dog: Hisao admired dogs -- particularly the pure-blooded Koyasu dog which was thought to have died out at the beginning of the Showa era. However, one such dog, known as Shiro, is still alive and living with his master in a hunting village in the mountains. Noted for their resourcefulness and courage, this particular dog also had one more outstanding attribute: loyalty. Shiro, way past his prime, displays signs of illness. Hisao, quick to diagnose that the dog must be operated on in order to survive, transports him to a far off town for the operation. But his master cannot come and Shiro escapes soon after they arrive at the hospital. Will the dog find his way home? After 20 days, no one believes that Shiro could have survived -- except for his master. Witness the strength and loyalty of the last of a magnificent breed as Shiro undertakes the ultimate challenge.