Otona Joshi no Anime Time: Kawamo o Suberu Kaze

A program to present stories for women. Its first installment deals with a woman returning from America to her hometown for the first time in five years with her four-year-old son and pondering what could have been and the man she could have been with.

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A series of animations based on prize-winning short stories for women.
Kawamo wo Suberu Kaze (January 7, 2011)
In the story, 33-year-old Kanazawa native Noriko had decided long ago not to accept an ordinary, provincial life for herself. So, she had gone to college in Tokyo, worked on her own, married a man at an elite trading firm, and had a child. She has just returned home from five years abroad with her Husband and four-year-old son. However, she senses a large emptiness in her heart since coming back. Moreover, there is a man who shares a big secret with Noriko.
Yuuge (March 10, 2013)
Mimi, a wife in her late 20s, leaves her family and begins living with a young man.
Jinsei Best 10 (March 17, 2013)
Hatoko, a business woman, faces her upcoming 40th birthday and reunites with the person with whom she shared her first kiss in middle school, over two decades ago.
Dokoka Dewanai Koko (March 24, 2013)
A 43-year-old housewife gets a glimpse of a complicated relationship between a mother and a daughter.

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Several years ago, Noriko married and moved to the United States from Japan along with her Husband, giving birth to a child soon after. Now, she has returned to her hometown with her young son, Motoki, and must learn to become at peace with her past and present. Noriko fondly reminisces about the bittersweet memories of her teenaged years, her decisions, and how she will move forward in the future.