"She'll die without knowing anything...!!" "Everything's all right." "People who overcame cancer are the ones who fought against it." Yoshie believes the words of Dr. Shoji and bears the severe side effects of anticancer drugs, but doesn't know anything about the possibility of her recovery, choices of treatment, nor the real intention in his words. Saito suffers to face the reality, and Shoji starts to talk about his past - about the patient who taught him why doctors are reluctant to notify patients, how patients feel when they're notified...This is the story of "cancer treatment" in being carried out at this moment in Japan.