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Asako (Rie Miyazawa) lives with two cats, named Gou Gou and Bi, in Kichijoji, Tokyo. She works as a popular manga artist. Her assistant Minami (Haru Kuroki) prepares to work independently as a manga artist. Iida (Atsuko Maeda) applies for Minami’s former assistant position.

Konno moved to Iwate for his job. There, he meets his colleague Hiasa at work. They form a close bond while drinking together, fishing together and doing other activities. One day, Hiasa quits his job without saying anything to Konno. Shortly after, they meet again, but they cannot have that close feeling as they had before. They do not meet again. Time passes and Konno learns that Hiasa went missing. While looking for Hiasa, Konno learns a secret about Hiasa.

Seven years ago, two men were notified that the women they both dated had disappeared after giving birth to a baby girl. Not knowing who the father was, the two bachelors decided to raise the baby together. Tang Xiang Xi, the smooth-talking lawyer, and Wen Zhen Hua, the sensitive florist, and the young Tang Wen Di make up a non-traditional family. Their unique living arrangement attracts the attention of the girl's pigheaded teacher and their reclusive next door neighbor.

"The Nine Rivers into the Sea" tells the heavy history of Tianjin from 1901 to 1949. Through the ups and downs of the three generations of the protagonists of the story-Haijia, Liujia and Tangjia, it vividly expresses the rugged character of Tianjin's people outside, rich, inside and harmonious. And the beautiful process of Tianjin gradually becoming the political and financial center of northern China of that era.